On February 6, 1961, the “Jail-in” movement began in Rock Hill, South Carolina, when nine Black students refused to pay fines for a sit-in and instead chose to serve jail time. Their actions inspired the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to launch a wider “Jail, No Bail” campaign across the South, shifting civil rights protest tactics and drawing national attention to the injustice of segregation.
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