Except: snipers began firing on integrated buses. Right after Christmas, a woman who was eight months pregnant was shot in both of her legs. Violence broke out around the city, and the bus system was shut down for several weeks. Four churches and the homes of two ministers were firebombed. All of them had openly supported the integration of buses. Reverend Ralph Abernathy, whose church and home were both firebombed, announced: “Despite the wreckage and the broken windows, we will gather as usual at our church, and offer special prayers for those who would desecrate the house of God.”[20] Two
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