Interview with Four of the Friendship Nine in North Carolina

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This is a raw interview by Eleanor Fischer with four of the Friendship Nine, the young men who went to jail after staging a sit-in in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The students decided to take the 30-day sentence instead of paying the fine because paying the penalty was against their moral convictions. It also lessened the monetary burden on the civil rights groups that were staging sit-ins in the early 1960s and became known as the "Jail, No Bail" strategy. Three of the young men interviewed attended Friendship Junior College in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The students recall their experiences and opinions on using non-violent direct action to achieve equal rights, their participation in sit-in demonstrations, their work and affiliation with the Congress On Racial Equality (CORE), and their time in jail as well as how they perceive themselves as "New Negroes" in comparison to the "Negro of the past".

WNYC archives id: 61477