Blacks take a new look at cults.

From: Jet | Date: May 10, 1993| Author: Waldron, Clarence | Copyright information

With the recent tragedy near Waco, Texas, in which members of a cult died in what authorities are calling a massive suicide, Blacks are taking a new look at cults and their danger.

More than 80 men, women and children died in the fire which was the final chapter in a 51-day standoff between federal agents and the Branch Davidian cult, near Waco, led by David Koresh.

There were an estimated 40 Blacks out of 120 members in the Branch Davidian cult, one cult memb...

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