Fisk/Meharry in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Nashville Student Movement Office
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 5, 2020
1. Nashville Student Movement Office Marker
Front side
Inscription.
Nashville Student Movement Office. . This intersection marks the location of the former headquarters of the Nashville Student Movement (NSM) established October 1959. Led by students committed to the ethos of direct action and civil disobedience, as taught by the Reverend James Lawson, the Nashville Student Movement embraced the zeal and spirit of the era as a means to dismantle Jim Crow in Nashville. Students from American Baptist Theological Seminary (now American Baptist College), Fisk University, Meharry Medical College, and Tennessee A&I State University (now Tennessee State University) often at risk of life and injury, staged sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and other forms of protest that disrupted life in Nashville and the segregated South. Through their actions, not only in Nashville, they compelled the nation to begin the desegregation of its many public spaces. Well-known members of the Nashville Student Movement included Marion Barry, the first president of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), John Lewis, Bernard Lafayette, and Diane Nash.
This intersection marks the location of the former headquarters of the Nashville Student Movement (NSM) established October 1959. Led by students committed to the ethos of direct action and civil disobedience, as taught by the Reverend James Lawson, the Nashville Student Movement embraced the zeal and spirit of the era as a means to dismantle Jim Crow in Nashville. Students from American Baptist Theological Seminary (now American Baptist College), Fisk University, Meharry Medical College, and Tennessee A&I State University (now Tennessee State University) often at risk of life and injury, staged sit-ins, Freedom Rides, and other forms of protest that disrupted life in Nashville and the segregated South. Through their actions, not only in Nashville, they compelled the nation
to begin the desegregation of its many public spaces. Well-known members of the Nashville Student Movement included Marion Barry, the first president of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), John Lewis, Bernard Lafayette, and Diane Nash.
Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 3A 236.)
Location. 36° 10.148′ N, 86° 48.518′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Fisk/Meharry. Marker is on Jefferson Street, 0.1 miles east of 21st Avenue North, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1905 Jefferson St, Nashville TN 37208, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 5, 2020
2. Nashville Student Movement Office Marker
Reverse side
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, April 5, 2020
3. Nashville Student Movement Office Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 9, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 253 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on April 9, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.