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1965 - Dangerous Times

November 22, 1965Eight-year-old Kelly Alexander, Jr. lies asleep in his bed. Kelly's father has been working to obtain the same rights for black Americans that whites enjoy. But on this night, a bomb explodes in Kelly Jr.'s bedroom and in the homes of three other Charlotte civil rights workers. The victims are the families of Julius Chambers, Reginald Hawkins, Fred Alexander and his brother, Kelly Alexander, Sr. Miraculously, no one is killed. No one will be arrested for these crimes. House destroyed by fire