February 23, 1961:
Three adult leaders in the community, Rev. Ivory along with George A. Hackley and Paul David Deitrich, were arrested for breach of the peace while protesting in downtown Rock Hill. Even though the Civil Rights protestors all practiced peacefully, this charge was handed out a lot of “breach of the peace” in order to justify arrests.
February 28, 1961:
Friendship College President sent a letter of support of the nine to The Herald’s editor, while criticizing the new policy allowing police to break up any public gathering. “This problem takes root in the Negroes’ insatiable hunger and thirst for first-class citizenship, a chance to live and grow as free human beings,” his letter read. This new policy made it harder for any type of demonstration to be done, no matter how peaceful and nonviolent it was carried out.
