School of Communications Associate Dean Kenn Gaither published a column in the Rock Hill (S.C.) Herald on growing up with his father, a civil rights activist and member of the so-called "Friendship Nine."
The Friendship Nine were recently honored in Rock Hill for eschewing bail for jail 50 years ago and sparking a non-violent protest movement that spread throughout the country. In the column, which was published March 13, Gaither writes: “What the Friendship Nine did some 50 years ago is one chapter in my dad’s long book of almost daily battles against bigotry, hatred and racism.”
To read the entire column, click on the link to the right.