Fund for Burned Mississippi Church Nears $200,000

An internet fundraising campaign to repair a historic black Mississippi church that was burned and spray-painted with "Vote Trump" a week before the U.S. presidential election had raised nearly $200,000 by late Thursday afternoon. The drive was organized by a self-described "boring office guy" after Tuesday night's fire at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, which has a 111-year history. The fire, declared arson, was being investigated as a hate...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - jeudi 3 novembre 2016