Preservationists fight to save historic district
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080525/capt.52c88efc3afa4630b50038e32458ce02.saving_freedmens_town_txms207.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=X8gIBqKNi9lxW889dz0W6Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Bethel Baptist Church, a majestic century-old structure reduced to a scorched hull by a fire four years ago, is now surrounded by modern townhomes in the historic Freedmen's town area near downtown Houston, seen May 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Michael Stravato)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080525/ap_on_re_us/saving_freedmen_s_town)AP - The day Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church crumbled into shards of bricks and a pile of rubble, tears filled the eyes of the people who had tried to save the historic structure.</p><br clear="all"/>
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