The 1960 Nashville sit-ins marked a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement, as determined and dedicated students challenged segregation at lunch counters across the city. Remarkably ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF ... "I also had a car and the days I couldn’t do the actual sit-ins; I would take students from Tennessee A&I down to the church, and when the demonstrations were ...

The Nashville sit-ins commenced on April 3, 1961, the day after Dr. ALfred Blalock's 60th birthday gala in Baltimore. That event was the crowning moment of Blalock's career, and it was held at ...

While many are familiar with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, other civil rights leaders, such as East Tennessean Avon Rollins Sr., also ...

He participated in seminal events including the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins, the Freedom Rides, and the Selma-to-Montgomery march. As chair of SNCC he coordinated voter registration and ...