The headline in the Nashville Tennessean read: “Negroes Served Without Incident: Downtown Lunch Counters Open to All.” Think about this: In May 1960—some 170 years after the ratification of ...

The Nashville sit-ins continued into the spring. Then, after a bomb exploded on the property of NAACP civil rights attorney Z. Alexander Looby on April 19, 1960, thousands of protesters marched to ...

Sixty years ago today — on Feb. 13, 1960 — more than 100 young African Americans, along with a few white supporters, staged the very first demonstrations to desegregate Nashville lunch counters.

NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) — It was February 13 1960 when a group of brave college students ended segregation at the lunch counter. The mission wasn't easy but they say it was worth it to help ...

The sit-ins at segregated lunch counters were a seminal part of the civil rights movement. Several rooms in the library focus on stories of the lunch counter desegregation movement.

The lunch counter will be rebuilt, as Morales looks to reshape the venue to look like it did in 1960. The restaurant will feature 1950s and 1960s rock and soul music, dancing, spoken word and plays.

J ames M. Lawson Jr., a Methodist minister who became the teacher of the civil rights movement, training hundreds of youthful protesters in nonviolent tactics that made the Nashville lunch counter ...

The 1960 Nashville sit-ins marked a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement, as determined and dedicated students ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Woolworth building in downtown Nashville, where black civil rights leaders once defiantly sat at a segregated lunch counter that wouldn’t serve them, will soon celebrate ...

Rev. James Lawson, civil rights leader who led Nashville lunch counter sit-ins and Freedom Rides, dies at 95 The Rev. James Lawson in 2004 at the office of Clergy and Laity United for Economic ...

Rev. James Lawson, civil rights leader who led Nashville lunch counter sit-ins and Freedom Rides, dies at 95. Elaine Woo. June 10, 2024 at 8:44 PM. Copied; ...

LOS ANGELES — James M. Lawson Jr., a Methodist minister who became the teacher of the civil rights movement, training hundreds of youthful protesters in nonviolent tactics that made the ...