Firefighters and fire investigators respond to a fire Thursday at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Opelousas, La. (Leslie Westbrook/The Advocate/Associated Press)The sun rose Thursday morning to reveal the smoldering husk of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Opelousas, La. And on April 2, a blaze struck the Greater Union Baptist Church in Opelousas. Authorities are investigating the fire, along with two others at predominantly black churches. A man in Mississippi pleaded guilty to arson last week for setting fire to a black church in 2016.

Source: Washington Post April 06, 2019 18:53 UTC