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Diane Judith Nash
Diane Nash was born in Chicago to Leon Nash and Dorothy Bolton Nash. she was raised in a middle class home where her parents chose to not exspose her to the cruelty of the world. -
Frisk University
Diane's first time witnessing rascist segregation was when she attened Frisk University in Nashville, Tennessee -
Joined a Nonviolent protest
She attended nonviolent protest workshops led by reverend James Lawson, who was a member of the Nashville Christian Leadership Conference. -
Diane joined a group of students fighting for segregation & was elected chairperson
" I did not want to be chairperson, i was afriad to be chairperson." -
Nash help found the SNCC & quit school to help led its direct action wing.
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Marching
On this day violence escalated and a bomb exploded at the students attorney. On the same Day Diane and other students organized a march to city hall, 7,000 people marched silently straight to Mayor Ben West of Nashville. Soon after Nashville became the first southern city to desegregate lunch counters. -
"Jail Without Bail"
Feb. 1960 was Diane Nash's first time participating in a sit-in, she was jailed, along with the "Rock Hill NIne". -
Nash was sentences to to years in prison for teaching nonviolence tactics to kids, in Jackson, MS though she was four months pregnant.
because she was pregnant, she only served ten days in jail. -
Nash Played a key role in helping organize freedom rides and the march on washington.
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after the church bombing, Diane helped start a nnviolent army in Alabama. their goal was to get every african american adult to vote.
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Diane reveived a the Rosa Parks award for her leadership in the Alabama Project and the Selma Voting Rights Movement.
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Her later awards include Distinguished American Award from the John F. Kennedy Library and Foundation.
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The LBJ Award for Leadership in Civil Rights from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
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She reveived the Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum
