The Nashville sit-ins, which lasted from February 13 to May 10, 1960, were part of a protest to end racial segregation at lunch counters in downtown Nashville... 41 KB (4,499 words) - 01:37, 9 April 2024 |
Civil Rights Digital Library. Sit-ins: Greensboro, North Carolina, Civil Rights Digital Library. Sit-ins: Nashville, Tennessee, Civil Rights Digital... 45 KB (5,290 words) - 14:38, 22 April 2024 |
The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store—now the International Civil Rights... 29 KB (2,874 words) - 16:39, 16 April 2024 |
James Lawson (activist) (category Nashville Student Movement) activists launched the Nashville sit-ins to challenge segregation in downtown stores. In February 1960, following the lunch sit-ins by students at the Woolworth's... 25 KB (2,488 words) - 16:29, 8 April 2024 |
the 1960 Nashville sit-ins strategy of "Jail, No Bail", which lessened the huge financial burden civil rights groups were facing as the sit-in movement... 16 KB (1,912 words) - 15:08, 23 April 2024 |
The Katz Drug Store sit-in was one of the first sit-ins during the civil rights movement, occurring between August 19 and August 21, 1958, in Oklahoma... 6 KB (719 words) - 12:30, 11 January 2024 |
roll as well as rhythm and blues artists. It was a center for the Nashville sit-ins in the 1960s, but the construction of Interstate 40 across the street... 10 KB (1,045 words) - 22:29, 27 September 2023 |
completing a 84-page long senior thesis titled "Spiritual Awakenings: The Nashville Sit - Ins, 1960." He received a master's degree in business administration... 6 KB (464 words) - 11:25, 24 September 2023 |
The Freedom Singers (section Sit-ins and the history of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)) After witnessing the power of song as a veteran of the sit-in movement in the Nashville sit-ins and as a field secretary for SNCC, Cordell Reagon was the... 28 KB (3,821 words) - 01:24, 10 January 2024 |
John Lewis (category Nashville Student Movement) district from 1987 until his death in 2020. He participated in the 1960 Nashville sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, was the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating... 197 KB (16,084 words) - 17:48, 9 April 2024 |
Cain-Sloan (category Companies based in Nashville, Tennessee) was a target of the 1960 Nashville sit-ins. The store was co-founded by Paul Lowe Sloan, Pat Cain and John E. Cain in Nashville in 1903. The company merged... 5 KB (473 words) - 21:25, 9 November 2023 |
Clarence Harris (section Greensboro sit-ins) Woolworth Company store in Greensboro, North Carolina, during the Greensboro sit-ins in 1960. Harris was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He grew up and attended... 4 KB (402 words) - 15:18, 10 April 2024 |
Diane Nash (category Nashville Student Movement) and young people. The Nashville sit-ins spread to 69 cities across the United States. Though protests would continue in Nashville and across the South... 36 KB (4,458 words) - 05:29, 8 April 2024 |
wade-ins 1960–1963 New Year's Day March Sit-in movement Greensboro sit-ins Nashville sit-ins Atlanta sit-ins Savannah Protest Movement Greenville Eight... 38 KB (4,332 words) - 21:48, 24 April 2024 |
the movement for some time. Yet when Young and Andrew witnessed the Nashville Sit-Ins of 1960, they felt compelled to return to the South, moving back to... 17 KB (2,176 words) - 17:32, 25 April 2024 |
concerned about is to see that their sweet little girls are not required to sit in school alongside some big overgrown Negroes." Nevertheless, the Justice... 97 KB (11,110 words) - 17:17, 21 March 2024 |
wade-ins 1960–1963 New Year's Day March Sit-in movement Greensboro sit-ins Nashville sit-ins Atlanta sit-ins Savannah Protest Movement Greenville Eight... 170 KB (18,387 words) - 19:11, 22 April 2024 |
Center and Museum February One Clarence Harris Lexington Woolworths Nashville sit-ins Family Frank Winfield Woolworth Barbara Hutton Poor Little Rich Girl... 5 KB (469 words) - 17:44, 5 July 2023 |
a Nashville civil rights lawyer, was active in the city's ongoing Nashville sit-in for integration of public facilities. May – Nashville sit-ins end... 65 KB (7,591 words) - 18:58, 17 April 2024 |
March: Justice or Else Million Woman March Nashville sit-ins Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom Royal Ice Cream sit-in Selma to Montgomery marches Silent Parade... 6 KB (579 words) - 04:05, 6 March 2024 |
Black students the option of attending Hall. This new Blossom Plan did not sit well with the NAACP and, after failed negotiations with the school board... 41 KB (4,792 words) - 22:22, 9 April 2024 |
The Atlanta sit-ins were a series of sit-ins that took place in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Occurring during the sit-in movement of the larger civil... 13 KB (1,547 words) - 23:48, 6 February 2024 |
John Sloan (businessman) (category Businesspeople from Nashville, Tennessee) Cain-Sloan, a department store in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1937 to 1970, including during the 1960 Nashville sit-ins. Sloan was born on June 28, 1904... 6 KB (659 words) - 10:44, 23 July 2023 |
served on a committee chaired by Madison Sarratt to put an end to the Nashville sit-ins. Wright served on the National Commission for Libraries appointed... 3 KB (214 words) - 00:16, 17 February 2024 |
wade-ins 1960–1963 New Year's Day March Sit-in movement Greensboro sit-ins Nashville sit-ins Atlanta sit-ins Savannah Protest Movement Greenville Eight... 27 KB (2,877 words) - 06:09, 6 April 2024 |