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Helen Jones held her grandson, Lee Jones, during religious services held in a trailer Sunday in Lawley, Ala. She is a member of Rehobeth Baptist Church, one of five houses of worship set ablaze in the state on the night of Feb. 3.

Amid ashes, unity

As unsolved fires ravage Alabama churches, a racial barrier falls

By Megan Tench
Globe Staff / February 15, 2006

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CENTREVILLE, Ala. -- A day after flames tore through the predominantly black Pleasant Sabine Baptist Church, one of 10 churches set ablaze in rural Alabama this month, church member Wardell Harris, 62, saw a group of people walking down a dirt hill toward the wreckage. (Full article: 1517 words)

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