Jail, No Bail: "Jail, No Bail" | Carolina Stories - Episode 3

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By the summer of 1960, civil rights leaders began to question the effectiveness of these “sit-ins.”  Thomas Gaither, a field secretary for CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), along with other civil rights leaders, devised a solution to the problem of protesters constantly getting arrested and paying fines, called “Jail, No Bail.” This movement called for people to go to jail, and refuse to pay their fines.  

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 Jail, No Bail: Introduction | Carolina Stories 1

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Jail, No Bail: Introduction | Carolina Stories
Episode 1
In the 1950s and 1960s, Rock Hill, South Carolina, was a thriving mill town, also known as “The Gateway to the Carolinas.” Like most of the segregated South, there were two separate worlds: one black...
Jail, No Bail: Introduction | Carolina Stories
   - Episode 1 Jail, No Bail: February 12, 1960 | Carolina Stories 2

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Jail, No Bail: February 12, 1960 | Carolina Stories
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If Rock Hill was a war-zone, the most pivotal battle was February 12, 1960. For months before that date, local churches, students, and members of the NAACP planned a mass sit-in protest at lunch...
Jail, No Bail: Introduction | Carolina Stories
   - Episode 1 Jail, No Bail: Ernest J. Finney | Carolina Stories 4

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Jail, No Bail: Ernest J. Finney | Carolina Stories
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Rev. Ivory, and James McCain, the South Carolina leader of CORE, arranged for a sharp, young attorney to represent and defend the student protesters: Ernest J. Finney. Finney would later on become the...
Jail, No Bail: Introduction | Carolina Stories
   - Episode 1 Jail, No Bail: Life In Prison | Carolina Stories 5

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Jail, No Bail: Life In Prison | Carolina Stories
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Life in jail for the student prisoners was grueling. News of these “jail-ins” had reached other civil rights groups, and caught the attention of SNCC (Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee). SNCC...
Jail, No Bail: Introduction | Carolina Stories
   - Episode 1 Jail, No Bail: March 2, 1961| Carolina Stories 6

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Jail, No Bail: March 2, 1961| Carolina Stories
Episode 6
The student prisoners were finally released, after serving twenty eight days, on March 2, 1961. The prisoners were released early, since prison officials wanted to keep publicity down. The success of...