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By Stanley and Terrie Howard, October 12, 2008
"Friendship Nine" Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► South Carolina, York County, Rock Hill — 46-37 — McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-ins / "Friendship Nine" —  |
| McCrory's Civil Rights Sit-ins. This building, built in 1901, was occupied by McCrory's Five & Dime from 1937 to 1997. On February 12, 1960, black students from Friendship Jr. College in Rock Hill were denied service at the McCrory's lunch . . . — — Map (db m285082) HM | |||
| 2 ► South Carolina, York County, Rock Hill — Friendship 9 — Freedom Walkway — Honoring Rock Hill's Heroes for Justice and Equality — |
| On the morning of January 31, 1961, eighteen African American civil rights protesters, most of whom were students at Friendship College, gathered on Main Street in downtown Rock Hill. City police and SLED agents had been notified in advance in . . . — — Map (db m285081) HM | |||