Thursday, 13 February 2014

26 Powerful Photos From The Nashville Sit-Ins

On Feb. 13 1960, students in Nashville, Tenn. started a non-violent movement to end racial segregation at lunch counters in drug stores. This is what the movement looked like.



Harold Lowe Jr. / The Tennessean



Students attempted to get served at the lunch counter of Walgreen's drugstore in downtown Nashville.


Jimmy Ellis / The Tennessean



Several white men attempt to drag some of the black students from the lunch counter. Police ended up arresting 73 students, most of them black.


Jimmy Ellis / The Tennessean



Jimmy Ellis / The Tennessean




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