Lousiana: Donations for burned black churches pick up pace after Notre Dame fire | World News, The Indian Express

Lousiana: Donations for burned black churches pick up pace after Notre Dame fire | World News, The Indian Express

By AP |New Orleans |Published: April 17, 2019 10:40:33 am

Lousiana: Donations for burned black churches pick up pace after Notre Dame fire

Freelance journalist Yashar Ali, with 394,000 followers, tweeted that the Notre Dame restoration "will be well funded" and urged support for three African American churches in Louisiana recently gutted by arson.

Firefighters and fire investigators respond to a fire at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, in Opelousas, La. (AP/File)

A crowdfunding campaign for three African American churches in Louisiana recently gutted by arson was climbing Tuesday after social media posts urging the public not to forget the plight of the small houses of worship as the eyes of the world were on the fire-ravaged Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.