Nash, Diane Judith, 1938-

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Diane Judith Nash (born May 15, 1938) is an American civil rights activist, and a leader and strategist of the student wing of the Civil Rights Movement. Nash's campaigns were among the most successful of the era. Her efforts included the first successful civil rights campaign to integrate lunch counters (Nashville); the Freedom Riders, who desegregated interstate travel; co-founding the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); and co-initiating the Alabama Voting Rights Project; and working on the Selma Voting Rights Movement. This helped gain Congressional passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which authorized the federal government to oversee and enforce state practices to ensure that African Americans and other minorities were not prevented from registering and voting. In July 2022, Nash was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden.
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referencedIn Branch, Taylor. Taylor Branch papers, 1865-2009 (bulk 1958-2009). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Taylor Branch Papers, (bulk, ), 1865-2013, 1958-2009 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Papers, 1908-1985 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Valerie Jarrett's Twitter Posts, 2012–2017 Barack H. Obama Library
referencedIn March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom John F. Kennedy Library
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957 - 1978 National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration
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correspondedWith BARBARA DEMING, 1917-1984 person
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alumnusOrAlumnaOf Fisk University corporateBody
alumnusOrAlumnaOf Howard University corporateBody
honoredBy March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) corporateBody
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Chicago IL US
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Birth 1938-05-15

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