Counter Histories: Rock Hill

Name: Counter Histories: Rock Hill
Director: Frederick Taylor
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2021-04-26
Duration: 53 min
Cast: Jeremiah Fewell, Carol Parente

2021

United States

0h 53m

Documentary History

Overview

"A civil rights protest that changed history."

They stood up for their rights by sitting down at the counter of the Rock Hill Five and Dime. Orders of coffee were met with violence, police brutality and unjust imprisonment, turning a peaceful protest into a landmark of the Civil Rights Movement.