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Fire Black Churches

Agnes Courbille, Karel Anne Zibe and Wilfred Young, of the St. Landry Parish branch of the NAACP, hold signs outside the St. Landry Parish courthouse during a Monday bond hearing for Holden Matthews in Opelousas, La. Matthews, who is white and is the son of a St. Landry Parish sheriff's deputy, was arrested last week on three charges of arson of a religious building related to three recent arson fires that destroyed Louisiana churches frequented by the city's black community. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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