sit-ins

The Friendship Nine are a group of young activists who were jailed and charged for trespassing after a non-violent protest because they refused bail.  In a long road to justice, the Friendship Nine’s convictions were finally thrown out of court by a South Carolina judge, cementing the legacy of the brave men. SIGN UP FOR […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Franklin McCain, who helped spark a movement of nonviolent sit-in protests across the South by occupying a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in 1960, has died, his son said Friday. He was 73. McCain died of respiratory complications late Thursday, Frank McCain of Greensboro said Friday. Franklin McCain was one of four […]