Diane
Nash, a civil rights activist, was involved with the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Her
support for the civil rights movement emerged when she transferred to Fisk
University in Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville provided first-hand experience
with Jim Crow Laws and she decided to try nonviolent protest, which was learned
through James Lawson. She participated in sit-ins and loved the idea that she
was selflessly helping others. She was arrested twice and carried out each
sentencing rather than pay bail, even when she was pregnant.
Diana
Nash and her work involved with Civil Rights is the definition of selfless. She
risked her life and happiness to help others fighting for equal rights. As a pregnant
mother, jail should have been the last place she should have gone but her
dedication to civil rights was far too strong to back out of. If dedication
existed to this degree among the majority of people around the world, fewer
problems would exist. When goals are set and the work is put into it, an impact
is made and leadership follows.
Wow I cant believe she didn't post bail especially because she was pregnant. That just shows the dedication of one of many of the participants involved. Her dedication, multiplied by hundreds of people is incredible.
ReplyDeleteI am also in shock about her being in jail while she was pregnant. The dedication that she showed is so inspiring. And how she was so selfless throughout all of this. Even the arrests and being attacked at the sit-ins.
ReplyDeleteI cannot imagine going to jail unfairly, let alone while being pregnant. Diane Nash seems like the epitome of decicated. She seemed very dedicated to the civil rights issues.
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