The Friendship Nine, or Rock Hill Nine, was a group of African-American men who went to jail after staging a sit-in at a segregated McCrory's lunch counter ...

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Feb 15, 2021 · The group was the first group of students to ever refuse to pay bail, according to The Friendship 9's website. The organization says the group ...

Jan 31, 2022 · This walkway holds a mural that honors the history of the social justice strides that have been made in the Rock Hill community. You can find ...

Friendship Nine. On the morning of January 31, 1961, a group of eighteen African American civil rights demonstrators (thirteen men and five women), most of whom ...

Feb 13, 2023 · Sixty-one years ago this month, on February 1, 1961, the “Friendship Nine” – a group of African American college students at Friendship Junior ...

A mob of white men attacked them, knocking them unconscious for attempting to enter a “whites only” waiting room. The mob was led by a member of the Ku Klux ...

Feb 6, 2023 · On this day in 1961, the civil rights jail-in movement began with what became known as the “Friendship Nine” in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Feb 10, 2023 · The Friendship Nine consisted of a group of nine African American young men who were sent to jail after staging a sit-in at a segregated ...