Diane Nash was born in Chicago. She attended Howard University, a historically Black college, before transferring to Fisk University in Tennessee.She gained prominence during the 1960 Nashville sit-ins, which aimed to desegregate restaurant lunch counters.As a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, she urged Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth to continue the movement after the Freedom Rides ended due to violence.>> Lift every voice and sing with our full special about the unsung heroes of Black history.Nash led the rides from Birmingham to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961. She organized the 1963 Birmingham Desegregation Campaign following the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four girls.Below: 米兰体育 13 team coverage remembering 60 years after 16th Street Baptist Church bombingShe also partnered with Martin Luther King Jr. during the Selma Voting Rights Campaign. Nash's contributions were honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden in 2022 for her "driving spirit" in desegregating lunch counters.Throughout Black History Month, 米兰体育 13 is also recognizing and honoring the legacy of Alabamians who broke barriers outside of the music industry. Can't see the interactive infographic above? Click here.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Diane Nash was born in Chicago. She attended Howard University, a historically Black college, before transferring to Fisk University in Tennessee.
She gained prominence during the 1960 Nashville sit-ins, which aimed to desegregate restaurant lunch counters.
As a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, she urged Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth to continue the movement after the Freedom Rides ended due to violence.
>> Lift every voice and sing with our full special about the unsung heroes of Black history.
Nash led the rides from Birmingham to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961. She organized the 1963 Birmingham Desegregation Campaign following the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four girls.
Below: 米兰体育 13 team coverage remembering 60 years after 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
She also partnered with Martin Luther King Jr. during the Selma Voting Rights Campaign.
Chris McNair
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 07: President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Diane Nash, founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, during a ceremony to awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to seventeen recipients in the East Room of the White House on Thursday, July 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. The nation’s highest civilian award honors individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, and/or other significant societal, public or private endeavors. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Nash's contributions were honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden in 2022 for her "driving spirit" in desegregating lunch counters.
Kent Nishimura
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 07: President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Diane Nash, founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, during a ceremony to awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to seventeen recipients in the East Room of the White House on Thursday, July 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. The nation’s highest civilian award honors individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, and/or other significant societal, public or private endeavors. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Throughout Black History Month, 米兰体育 13 is also recognizing and honoring the legacy of Alabamians who broke barriers outside of the music industry.
Can't see the interactive infographic above? Click here.
