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On February 13, 1960, 124 students began the Nashville sit-in campaign that lasted until May 10. Most participants were Black ...
Diane Nash mural unveiled, to be housed at Nashville Board of Education The mural of civil rights activist Diane Nash was one of four unveiled during the Urban Collaborative on Friday.
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On the C-SPAN Networks: Diane Nash is a Founding Member with seven videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1986 Forum as a Student for Sit-in Movement Organizer in the ...
Nash is credited in helping lead the desegregation efforts at downtown lunch counters in the 1960s. The Nashville community came together to honor the life of civil rights activist Diane Nash.
The city held a dedication ceremony at Diane Nash Plaza Saturday — a good reminder that we should have a civil rights museum ...
Diane Nash, an icon of the Civil Rights Movement, was honored Saturday in Nashville with the dedication of a public plaza and a gala at Meharry Medical College. Nash, a Chicago native, was a 22 ...
The city of Nashville held a dedication ceremony for the "Diane Nash Plaza" outside the Metro Courthouse on Saturday.
Diane Nash is celebrated as the mother of the Civil Rights Movement. She appeared on a panel of witnesses who testified Wednesday, Feb. 26, about voting barriers in the United States.
Among the boldest Civil Rights thinkers and nonviolent youth activists was Diane Nash (later Bevel), 21-year-old co-founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1960.
NEW HAVEN >> Civil rights icon Diane Nash advised her mostly young student audience at Yale’s Battell Chapel Wednesday to adopt Mahatma Gandhi’s use of nonviolent direct action to achieve ...