Martin Luther King Jr. Home Bombed During Civil Rights Movement, January 30, 1956
In the United States, Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery bus boycott.
Date: January 30, 1956
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