Diane Nash

Through her involvement with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Diane Nash worked closely with Marin Luther King. In 1962 King nominated Nash for a civil rights award sponsored by the New York branch of the NAACP to acknowledge her exemplary role in the student sit-ins. … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Women Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement