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  • After the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina, burned in June 1995, a hearing was held during which those charged with the crime acknowledged involvement with the KKK. Following the hearing, “We are going to get you, n – – r” was just one of the threats received by the church’s pastor, the Rev. Terrance G. Mackey, Sr.

  • In March 1995, the interior of the Hammond Grove Baptist Church in Aiken, South Carolina, was vandalized to the tune of $20,000 in damages. Graffiti scrawled by the vandals included the words “Kill N – – rs” and a noose with the word “N – – r.”

  • The 26 individuals thus far convicted of assaults against Southern churches since 1990 include Ernest Pierce, state leader of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Kentucky, as well as other members of the KKK and various extremist groups. Pierce was among those implicated in the burning of the Barren River Baptist Church in Bowling Green in December 1991.



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