Vandalism of Ada church saddens members
ADA — Blondell Colbert said she knows racism is alive in her community, but never thought it would target her church.
Threats, racial slurs and a Ku Klux Klan symbol were spray painted on the Philemon Missionary Baptist Church in the predominately black Ada neighborhood known as Hammond Heights. Colbert, who has been a church member since age 11, found it last Thursday.
"It made me sick to my stoma...
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