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Friendship 9’s John Gaines dies at 83. SC civil rights group pioneered ‘jail, no bail’
The State via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoSouth Carolina civil rights legend John Alexander Gaines, who spent a month in the York County jail...
Rock Hill Friendship Nine member John Gaines dies
WJZY via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoFLORENCE, S.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – John Gaines, a member of the heralded Friendship Nine group that was arrested after staging a sit-in at a whites-only...
Mack Workman, SC Friendship Nine civil rights legend, dies. ‘They changed the world.’
Rock Hill Herald via Yahoo News· 3 months agoMack Workman, an African-American teen in Rock Hill in the 1960s who went to jail protesting civil...
John Gaines, civil rights leader and member of Friendship Nine, has died
WSOC via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoJohn Gaines, a civil rights leader from South Carolina who made history during a sit-in at a Rock...
Judge Hayes, who vacated convictions of Rock Hill Friendship Nine protesters, has died
Rock Hill Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRetired South Carolina Judge John C. Hayes III, who served on the bench in York County and across...
Local chef to bring upscale lounge, speakeasy to downtown Rock Hill
WSOC via Yahoo News· 10 months agoChef Rob Masone is adding a speakeasy to his resume. Kounter Lounge is targeting a spring 2024...
Patricia Hinton Sims, a Rock Hill civil rights crusader from the 1960s, dies at 79
Rock Hill Herald via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAlthough male civil rights protesters in Rock Hill in the early 1960s went to jail for their beliefs...
Black history is South Carolina history and it must be taught | Opinion
The State McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoEvery February, we pause to shine a brighter light and celebrate the contributions made by Black...