© 2026 All Rights reserved WUSF
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Our daily newsletter, delivered first thing weekdays, keeps you connected to your community with news, culture, national NPR headlines, and more.

Church Burning

Melanie Peeples of member station WUAL reports that the Justice Department has promised a thorough investigation of the burning of black churches in rural Alabama in Tennesse. While there is no evidence yet to indicate that the burning are racially motivated, eleven black churches throughout the south have been burned in the past two months, according to Klanwatch, a group that monitor's hate crimes.

Copyright 1996 NPR

Thanks to you, WUSF is here — delivering fact-based news and stories that reflect our community.⁠ Your support powers everything we do.