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 […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Fifty-four years after they were sentenced to a month of hard labor in a chain gang for ordering lunch in South Carolina, nine black men are getting a new day in court. A prosecutor was expected to ask a judge Wednesday to vacate the convictions of the men known as the […]