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Photographer: Courtesy of
Rock Hill Evening HeraldTaken: 1960
Caption:
"Friendship Nine" | Additional Description: One of the civil rights incidents in downtown Rock Hill in the sixties. This photo from the Feb. 13, 1960, Evening Herald, described Bunt Gill wiping egg from his hat this way: Bunt Gill, a negro passer-by, wipes egg from hat as police stand guard. Hurled egg struck Gill as demonstrators filed out West Main. Elwin Wilson, now 72, is pictured in white jersey over Gill's left shoulder. Wilson, who said he threw the egg, recently apologized to black protesters of segregation.
Submitted: March 5, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p54962
File Size: 0.012 Megabytes
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