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1965 - Bombing of Civil Rights Leaders' Homes
November 22, 1965 - The homes of four local civil rights leaders are bombed in Charlotte.
- Bombs shatter the homes of Julius Chambers, Kelly Alexander, Fred Alexander, and Reginald Hawkins.
- The attack is only one of several attorney Julius Chambers and his family would survive.
- One bomb explodes in the bedroom of Alexander's eight-year-old son. Miraculously, no one is physically injured in the blasts.
- No one is charged in the bombings.