Rachel Maddow tells the story of pioneering civil rights activists, The Friendship Nine, who chose to serve hard time on a chain gang rather than pay bail after being arrested for sitting at a lunch counter, and this year, decades later, had their convictions overturned but kept on the books by Rock Hill, South Carolina authorities as a testament to progress and change.Nov. 6, 2015
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