Black Enterprise21d
‘Friendship Nine’ Civil Rights Activist Dies At 86, Surviving Members Remember Him As ‘Our Moses’
A founding member of the "Friendship Nine" passed away at age 86. Thomas Gaither, the organizing member of the “Friendship Nine,” passed away on Dec. 23 in Pennsylvania at age 86. Gaither’s ...
Raleigh News & Observer24d
‘He was our Moses.’ Thomas Gaither, SC Friendship Nine civil rights hero, dies at 86
Thomas Gaither, one of the Black young men in the “Friendship Nine” who went to jail in Rock Hill in 1961 in protest of racial segregation, died Monday in Pennsylvania, his son Kenn Gaither said.
Post and Courier23d
Thomas Gaither, member of Rock Hill's Friendship Nine, dies in Pennsylvania
Gaither, a member of the Friendship Nine, died Dec. 23 in Pennsylvania, according to news reports, where he spent many years after his arrest at the Whites-only lunch counter of a Rock Hill diner ...
The Times and Democrat20d
'He was our Moses.' Thomas Gaither, SC Friendship Nine civil rights hero, dies at 86
The "Jail, No Bail" movement from the group called the Friendship Nine sparked national attention and re-ignited civil rights protests around the South that had started a year earlier in ...
The Times and Democrat23d
'He was our Moses.' Thomas Gaither, SC Friendship Nine civil rights hero, dies at 86
Dec. 24—Thomas Gaither, one of the Black young men in the "Friendship Nine" who went to jail in Rock Hill in 1961 in protest of racial segregation, died Monday in Pennsylvania, his son Kenn ...