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1965 - Dynamite Destroys Julius Chambers' Car

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Turbulent Times 1960-1979

January 24, 1965 - Dynamite destroys the car of Julius Chambers, a black NAACP lawyer, while he speaks at a civil rights rally at a church in New Bern. Three Ku Klux Klansmen are arrested and receive suspended sentences.