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Burning of African American Churches in North Carolina and Perceptions of Race Relations: Transcript of a Community Forum Held by the North Carolina Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights in Charlotte, North Carolina, July 18, 1996

NCJ Number
165540
Date Published
1996
Length
58 pages
Annotation
A community forum held in Charlotte, N.C. in July 1996 examined arson against black churches in North Carolina; discussed perceptions of race relations; and assessed the investigative procedures of Federal, State, and local law enforcement officials.
Abstract
The forum was led by Asa Spaulding, chair of the North Carolina Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Spaulding described the role and activities of the Committee and the Commission. Topics discussed included the role and efforts of the United States attorneys, the Federal law enforcement response, the role of the victim-witness coordinator in the United States attorneys' offices, investigative cooperation among different levels of government, information about perpetrators, the possibility of involvement by organized hate groups, insurance issues, and perceptions regarding race relations in the State.

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