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.

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 son, Kenn ...

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ROCK HILL — For Thomas Gaither, 30 days of hard labor at a Rock Hill prison transformed into decades of a legacy in the civil rights movement. Gaither, a member of the Friendship Nine, died Dec. 23 in ...

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 Dec. 23 in Pennsylvania, his son Kenn Gaither said.