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Diane Judith Nash (born May 15, 1938) is an American civil rights activist, ... The images were broadcast over national television, shocking the nation.
The city of Nashville held a dedication ceremony for the "Diane Nash Plaza" outside the Metro Courthouse on Saturday.
James Bevel and Diane Nash The Nashville Student Movement was an organization that challenged racial segregation in Nashville, Tennessee , during the Civil Rights Movement . It was created during workshops in nonviolence taught by James Lawson at the Clark Memorial United Methodist Church.
Diane Nash and Kelly Miller Smith review a prepared statement in response to the Biracial Committee's recommendation to partially integrate store lunch counters. On March 3, in an effort to defuse the racial tensions caused by the sit-ins, Mayor West announced the formation of a Biracial Committee to seek a solution to the city's racial strife.
The Metro Council on Tuesday gave its final approval to the move honoring the civil rights veteran Diane Nash. Historic Metro Courthouse plaza to carry name of civil rights activist Diane Nash ...
James Leonard Farmer Jr. (January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) was an American civil rights activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement "who pushed for nonviolent protest to dismantle segregation, and served alongside Martin Luther King Jr." [1] He was the initiator and organizer of the first Freedom Ride in 1961, which eventually led to the desegregation of interstate transportation in the ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed in April 1960 at a conference at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, attended by 126 student delegates from 58 sit-in centers in 12 states, from 19 northern colleges, and from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), the National ...