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Burning of African American Churches in Mississippi and Perceptions of Race Relations: Transcript of a Community Forum Held by the Mississippi Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights in Cleveland, Mississippi, July 10-11, 1996

NCJ Number
165538
Date Published
1996
Length
83 pages
Annotation
A community forum held in Cleveland, Miss. in July 1996 examined arson against black churches in Mississippi; discussed perceptions of race relations; and assessed the investigative procedures of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials.
Abstract
The meeting was led by Jerry Ward, chairperson of the Mississippi Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Ward provided an overview of the role of the activities. Topics discussed at the forum included the recent fires at black churches in Mississippi, vandalism and other crimes committed in connection with the arson, the role of the National Arson Task Force, the characteristics of hate crimes and their perpetrators, the law enforcement response to church arson, the reporting and prosecution of hate crimes, racial and ethnic tensions, and efforts to improve race relations.

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