It was clear to me that if we allowed the Freedom Ride to stop at that point, just after so much violence had been inflicted, the message would have been sent that all you have to do to stop a nonviolent campaign is inflict massive violence.
Traveling in the segregated South for black people was humiliating. The very fact that there were separate facilities was to say to black people and … - Diane Nash
Traveling in the segregated South for black people was humiliating. The very fact that there were separate facilities was to say to black people and …
- Diane Nash
I don't think my grandmother would ever be convinced, but my family was convinced that I was convinced, and actually, they came around. My mother end… - Diane Nash
I don't think my grandmother would ever be convinced, but my family was convinced that I was convinced, and actually, they came around. My mother end…
Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders. - Diane Nash
Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders.
It was clear to me that if we allowed the Freedom Ride to stop at that point, just after so much violence had been inflicted, the message would have … - Diane Nash
It was clear to me that if we allowed the Freedom Ride to stop at that point, just after so much violence had been inflicted, the message would have …
Because I grew up in Chicago, I didn't have an emotional relationship to segregation. I understood the facts and stories, but there was not an emotio… - Diane Nash
Because I grew up in Chicago, I didn't have an emotional relationship to segregation. I understood the facts and stories, but there was not an emotio…
I refused to march because George Bush marched. - Diane Nash
I refused to march because George Bush marched.
You have to be a whole, dignified, self-respecting person in order to be an English teacher or whatever kind of job your education would prepare you … - Diane Nash
You have to be a whole, dignified, self-respecting person in order to be an English teacher or whatever kind of job your education would prepare you …
There is a source of power in each of us that we don't realize until we take responsibility. - Diane Nash
There is a source of power in each of us that we don't realize until we take responsibility.
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