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The Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing occurred on October 12, 1958. The Temple, on Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Georgia, housed a Reform Jewish congregation. The building was damaged extensively by the dynamite-fueled explosion, although no one was injured. Five suspects were arrested almost immediately after the bombing. One of them, George Bright, was tried twice. His first trial ended with a hung jury and his second with an acquittal. As a result of Bright's acquittal the other suspects were not tried, and no one was ever convicted of the bombing. ==Background== The day after the bombing, ''Atlanta Constitution'' editor and outspoken voice of moderation on civil rights issues Ralph McGill tied the bombing to the ongoing civil rights movement in a famous,〔 Pulitzer prize-winning〔 *(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Pulitzer Prizes: 1959 Winners ) *〕 editorial that was quoted extensively in ''The New York Times''.〔 Jacob Rothschild, the temple's rabbi since 1946, was a highly visible and early〔 advocate of civil rights and integration, supporter of the United States Supreme Court's decision ending school segregation in ''Brown v. Board of Education'',〔 and friend of Martin Luther King Jr. Rothschild not only took an activist role in the struggle for racial equality, but, unlike some other pro-integration southern rabbis, was supported in his stance by a significant number of his congregants. The bombing ripped the delicate social fabric of Atlanta, which called itself the "city too busy to hate," although it also elicited widespread support for Rothschild and the Temple from Jewish and non-Jewish Atlantans alike.〔 For instance, by early November 1958, the Temple had received over $12,000 in donations to its rebuilding fund. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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