Diane Nash
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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).
Statements (46)
| 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
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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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