OPELOUSAS, La. — Much of Monica Harris’ identity as a black woman is tied to the Greater Union Baptist Church, a 129-year-old sanctuary that has been at the center of her family for generations.
OPELOUSAS, La. — Much of Monica Harris’ identity is tied to the Greater Union Baptist Church, a 129-year-old sanctuary that has been at the center of her family for generations. As a child, she was dunked into a baptismal basin and then paraded like a princess up the aisle in a white dress and white patent leather shoes. She was married at the church, and she said goodbye to her parents there, too.
OPELOUSAS, La. — Much of Monica Harris’ identity as a black woman is tied to the Greater Union Baptist Church, a 129-year-old sanctuary that has been at the center of her family for generations. As a child, she was dunked into a baptismal basin and then paraded like a princess up the aisle in a white dress and white patent leather shoes. She was married at the church, and she said goodbye to her parents there, too.
OPELOUSAS, La. — As law enforcement officials continued to investigate a series of suspicious fires that destroyed three predominantly black churches in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, black residents gathered for services with a mix of befuddlement, concern and defiance.
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