Diane Judith Nash
  • 86, Female
  • Chicago, IL
  • United States

Diane Judith Nash's Friends

  • Franklin Eugene McCain
  • James Leonard Farmer, Jr.
  • Judge John Minor Wisdom
  • Bobby Frank Cherry
  • Ezell Blair Alexander JR
  • SNCC  (Student Nonviolent Coord
  • SCLC Southern Christian Leadersh
  • C.O.R.E. Congress of Racial Equa
 

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Greatest Contribution to the Civil Rights Movement
Prominent roles in sit ins made her one of the few well known female activists of the civil rights movement

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.

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Comment Wall (2 comments)

At 12:34pm on June 13, 2013, Tricia London said…

Tell me about your maternal grandmother?

At 7:09pm on June 16, 2013, James Leonard Farmer, Jr. said…

Miss Diane,  

I would like to tell you that I am proud of you. When we, CORE, were very close to ending the Freedom Ride, you were completely against it. You believed the whole movement would have gone to waste if we had ended it under such circumstances. That day when you spoke out, I heard such passion in your voice. It truly warms my heart knowing there are still activists like you out there. Thank you.   

- James Leonard Farmer, Jr.    

(Source: http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_freedom_rides/)

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