The Nation - News from Feb. 4, 1985
More than 150 black and white people gathered as a black congregation in Lancaster, S.C., broke ground for a church to replace their building, one of three black churches burned by two whites last July 13. A quick turn of a rain-soaked shovel of dirt marked the start of the construction of New Zion Baptist Church. Lt. Gov. Mike Daniel said the outpouring of donations that made the reconstruction possible “is a story of the New South.”
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