Desegregating Nashville's Lunch Counters 3A 157
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kwashnak
N 36° 10.162 W 086° 48.383
16S E 517412 N 4002751
Located on the Fisk University Campus, at the corner of Jefferson Street and Dr. D.B. Todd Jr. Blvd in Nashville, TN
Waymark Code: WMDBRQ
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2011
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3A 157
Desegregating Nashville's Lunch Counters
After the pre-dawn bombing of atty. Z. Alexander Looby's home, approx. 3000 civil rights leaders and students from Tenn. St., Fisk, Meharry, American Baptist College, and Pearl High School marched along this route on April 19, 1960, to meet with Mayor Ben West at hte court-house. In response to Diane Nash, a leader of the student sit-ins, the mayor recommended that store owners end segregated lunch counters. On May 10th, under an agreement between black leaders and city merchants, Nashville became the first major southern city, outside of Texas, to begin desegregating its public facilities.
Tennessee Historical Commissions
Marker Name: Desegregating Nashville's Lunch Counters
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Monument
Marker Number: 3A 157
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Tennessee Historical Commission
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