AdvertisementJudge Throws Out Friendship 9's Civil Rights-Era ConvictionJanuary 28, 2015Krishnadev CalamurfacebookEmailFive members of the Friendship Nine — Willie Thomas Massey (from left), Willie McCleod, James Wells, Clarence Graham and David Williamson Jr. — sit at the counter of the Five & Dine restaurant in Rock Hill, S.C., on Dec. 17. A judge in South Carolina has thrown out the convictions of the nine black men who integrated a whites-only lunch counter in 1961. (Reuters/Landov)