Thomas Gaither, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86 Photo

Thomas Gaither, Who Chose Jail After Civil Rights Sit-ins, Dies at 86

Friday, January 24th, 2025

via The New York Times (Iowa)

When he and other Black protesters were arrested at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961, they tried a new strategy — 'Jail No Bail' — and energized a movement.

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