A South Carolina judge is expected to overturn the convictions that sent nine young African-American men to a chain gang in 1961. Their crime? Sitting at a whites-only lunch counter. NBC’s Mark Potter reports.
Justice being made right: Convictions of nine men at 1961 sit-in to be overturned
A South Carolina judge is expected to overturn the convictions that sent nine young African-American men to a chain gang in 1961. Their crime? Sitting at a whites-only lunch counter. NBC’s Mark Potter reports.