Nashville’s Original Activists - Lunch Counter Sit-ins

March 17th, 2010

In 1960, mostly college students conducted lunch counter sit-ins at downtown Nashville establishments to segregate food service and business in general.
PBS.org says of the situation:
Southern cities maintain segregated public facilities — like movie theaters, hotels, and lunch counters in downtown stores. In Greensboro, North Carolina, four black college students stage the first sit-in at [...]

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