In the Spirit of Sankofa,
'Friendship Nine' to be cleared of civil rights sit-in crimes
ROCK HILL, S.C. (Reuters) - Fifty-four years after nine young black men became the first U.S. civil rights protesters to serve jail time for sitting at an all-white lunch counter, surviving members of the group will return to a South Carolina courtroom this month to be exonerated of their crimes.
Their "jail, no bail" strategy helped galvanize the fight against racial inequality in the South and became a model for other protesters. But the "Friendship Nine," as the men became known, endured personal hardships for taking the bold stand.
http://news.yahoo.com/friendship-nine-cleared-civil-rights-sit-crimes-123356577.html
REUTERS/Jason Miczek
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'Friendship Nine' to be cleared of civil rights sit-in crimes
ROCK HILL, S.C. (Reuters) - Fifty-four years after nine young black men became the first U.S. civil rights protesters to serve jail time for sitting at an all-white lunch counter, surviving members of the group will return to a South Carolina courtroom this month to be exonerated of their crimes.
Their "jail, no bail" strategy helped galvanize the fight against racial inequality in the South and became a model for other protesters. But the "Friendship Nine," as the men became known, endured personal hardships for taking the bold stand.
http://news.yahoo.com/friendship-nine-cleared-civil-rights-sit-crimes-123356577.html
REUTERS/Jason Miczek
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