Nation A sit-in by students at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961 led to ‘jail-no-bail’ strategy September 22, 2021Jasper Colt, USA TODAYComments Off on A sit-in by students at a whites-only lunch counter in 1961 led to ‘jail-no-bail’ strategy The Friendship Nine were sentenced to 30 days of hard labor on a chain gang and the "jail-no-bail" movement was born.