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Article: Fourth black Tennessee church destroyed by fire. (Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Tigrett, Tennessee)(Brief Article)
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- Article date:
- June 3, 1996
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Fire recently destroyed a Black church in Tennessee and investigators believe it is linked to arson, which ruined three other Black churches.
The fire at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Tigrett, the fourth fire in the past 16 months, has not yet been ruled an arson, the USA Today reported. The church is located in the same area as the other three that were destroyed. The four churches are within 20 minutes of one another.
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Fruitvale and Johnson Grove Baptist Church in Denmark were set on fire Jan. 13, 1995. Salem Baptist Church near Fruitland was damaged by fire on ...