"A Report On Nashville", circa 1965

Westfeldt, Wallace

1963/1967

1960-1969

This report, authored by Wallace Westfeldt, examines the Nashville sit-in movement, which aimed to challenge racial segregation in the city. It highlights the presence of integrated schools, councils, and public facilities but emphasizes the need for integration in restaurants and diners. The report outlines the non-violent approach Fisk University, Tennessee State University, and American Baptist Theological Seminary students use during the sit-ins at downtown variety stores and bus terminals. The movement triggered arrests and raised complex legal and moral questions surrounding racial discrimination and the right to equal access to public facilities. 9 pages.

African Americans--Civil rights
African American student movements
African American students

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application/pdf

reports

Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:078

Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

Georgia--Atlanta

Mary Ann Smith Wilson

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.078:0413

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