Diane Judith Nash's Page

Attended Howard University in Washington, DC. I transferred to Fisk University in Nashville Tennessee.

My profession is a human rights activist. I am often known as the spokes woman for the emerging student movement. 

"We will not stop. There is only one outcome," I said this referring to The Freedom Rides I participated in. http://history8crgirls.weebly.com/diane-nash1.html

My goal during the 1960's was to stop discrimination and get the lunch counters in Tennessee to integrate using non violent protests. 

You can go to this website to find out more about my involvement with the civil rights movement:

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0116-05.htm

My mother worked full time and my dad was in the war. My grandmother was my primary care giver. When I was younger she would tell me things like,"Don't let others mistreat you" and I took that with me when I grew up.

http://on.aol.com/video/diane-nash--grandmas-dignity-517320019

In the book, "Freedom rides" by Dale Anderson, it says,"In April, 2,500 students marched to Nashvilles city hall. Nash asked Mayor Ben West point-blank whether he thought it was morally right to have segregated lunch counters. West said no, and soon merchants in that city stopped segregating" (Anderson 35).

I was a part of the SNCC. I quit school so I could lead the direct wing. I also worked with the SLCL with Martin Luther King Jr. 

http://digital.wustl.edu/e/eop/eopweb/nas0015.0267.075dianenash.html

This is an interview with me about my involvement in the civil rights movement.