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...Charge for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, says the crime bears the marks of "thrill and excitement" arson rather than a prank. The fires, for example, were carefully set from inside the churches, not outside, as in an impulsive act of vandalism. At Old Union Baptist Church in Bibb County, a large artificial-flower arrangement had been moved to the piano top, under an American flag, presumably to serve as tinder...
...absence of any apparent racial motive for the crimes is a small comfort in Birmingham. But the demise of the churches, some more than 100 years old, is still painful. "I began to sense loss for our older people," says Jim Parker, pastor at Ashby Baptist in Bibb County. "They were baptized and married here, and their people are buried here," he says. "But when the children started really crying, I realized it was all they had ever known too." Some things have changed in Alabama, but grief remains the same...
...simultaneous allusion to and improvement upon tradition is characteristic of Case’s style. “Fox Confessor” also features Case’s interpretation of the folk-hymn “John Saw That Number”, a rousing tribute to John the Baptist. Her version of the song is commensurate to its subject: her recording has all the fervor of a Pentecostal choir on Sunday morning. Case’s band keeps things safe but melodically interesting with jangly pianos, lively drums, and bluesy guitars. Case delivers a passionate vocal performance and doubles...
...burned churches, pastors still don?t understand it. Says Walter Hawkins, pastor of Dancy First Baptist in in rural Bibb County, "They burned the building but they can?t burn the church because...
...other states. He?s serving a federal life sentence. So it came as quite a shock to law enforcement and residents alike Wednesday when three Birmingham, Alabama-area college students, all from upscale families and students at a private, religious-based college, were arrested for allegedly setting nine rural Baptist churches on fire in February."It's hard to believe it was these kinds of kids," says Greene County Sheriff Johnny Isaac. "It makes me mad. My people say the Lord will take care of them, but I say I hope the Lord lets me have them first. If they...