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And (were shamed) , and took it down to honor nine slain
Just weeks before the Confederate battle flag was first hoisted, 10 black students from Friendship Junior College were arrested on Jan. 31, 1961, and convicted the following day after they refused to leave an all-white lunch counter in Rock Hill.
Nine of those students, who became known as the Friendship Nine, revolutionized the civil rights movement by refusing bail.
SC raised Confederate flag in 1961 to insult nine black protesters and took it down to honor nine slaindown-to-honor-nine-slain/
Just weeks before the Confederate battle flag was first hoisted, 10 black students from Friendship Junior College were arrested on Jan. 31, 1961, and convicted the following day after they refused to leave an all-white lunch counter in Rock Hill.
Nine of those students, who became known as the Friendship Nine, revolutionized the civil rights movement by refusing bail.
SC raised Confederate flag in 1961 to insult nine black protesters and took it down to honor nine slaindown-to-honor-nine-slain/
