Diane Nash

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American civil rights leader civil rights activist human nonviolence advocate

Diane Nash is an influential American civil rights leader known for her pivotal role in the Nashville sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, and the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

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Label	Occurrences
Diane Nash canonical	11

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American civil rights leader ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ nonviolence advocate ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1959 ⓘ
awardReceived	Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
coFounded	Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1938-05-15 ⓘ
educatedAt	Fisk University ⓘ Howard University ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
familyName	Nash ⓘ
fieldOfWork	civil rights ⓘ voting rights ⓘ
givenName	Diane ⓘ
ideology	Gandhian nonviolence ⓘ nonviolent resistance ⓘ
influenced	student civil rights activists in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy	Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
knownFor	direct action organizing ⓘ leadership in student civil rights activism ⓘ nonviolent protest strategy ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
movement	American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableRole	leader of the Nashville Student Movement ⓘ organizer in the Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ strategist of the Freedom Rides ⓘ
notableWork	co-founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ coordination of the Freedom Rides ⓘ leadership in the Nashville sit-ins ⓘ
occupation	activist ⓘ civil rights leader ⓘ community organizer ⓘ
participantIn	Birmingham campaign ⓘ Freedom Rides ⓘ Nashville sit-ins ⓘ Selma to Montgomery marches ⓘ surface form: Selma voting rights campaign
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
spouse	James Bevel ⓘ

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American civil rights movement → keyFigure → Diane Nash ⓘ

American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) → associatedWithPerson → Diane Nash ⓘ

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → keyPerson → Diane Nash ⓘ

Freedom Rides → participant → Diane Nash ⓘ

James Bevel → spouse → Diane Nash ⓘ

James Bevel → partnerInActivismWith → Diane Nash ⓘ

Nashville sit-ins → organizedBy → Diane Nash ⓘ

Nashville sit-ins → keyFigure → Diane Nash ⓘ

autobiography "Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement" → subjectPerson → Diane Nash ⓘ

subject surface form: Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement

Nash → hasNotableBearer → Diane Nash ⓘ

James Lawson → influenced → Diane Nash ⓘ