"I've never known of a black church being burned in Arkansas."
John Ferguson, Director Arkansas History Commission
quoted in the Frank Wolfe column June 9, 1996
"I looked through my files. I couldn't find anything." [referring to the Clinton quote about fires at black churches in Arkansas]
Curtis Sykes, Chairman Arkansas Black History Advisory Committee quoted in the Wolfe column June 9, 1996
"We were just fortunate not to have one." [when asked about fires at Arkansas black churches]
Jerry Jewell, former state senator and former
Branch President of Arkansas NAACP
