Fisk/Meharry in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Nashville Sit-Ins
Photographed By Darren Jefferson Clay, July 2, 2022
1. Nashville Sit-Ins Marker
Inscription.
Nashville Sit-Ins. . Beginning in late 1959, a group of Nashville college students from Fisk University, Tennessee A&I, Meharry Medical College and American Baptist Theological Seminary, along with local religious leaders, began to discuss a mass collective action against state and local ordinances known as "Jim Crow laws." On February 13, 1960, 124 black students marched into downtown department stores, and quietly sat down at segregated lunch counters. The action grew, and black students held sit-ins at every lunch counter in downtown Nashville. Demonstrators were met with intimidation and violence from white segregationists, were arrested for "trespassing" and served time in jail. The sit-in protestors were joined by Nashville's black community in a boycott of downtown merchants.
Beginning in late 1959, a group of Nashville college students from Fisk University, Tennessee A&I, Meharry Medical College and American Baptist Theological Seminary, along with local religious leaders, began to discuss a mass collective action against state and local ordinances known as "Jim Crow laws." On February 13, 1960, 124 black students marched into downtown department stores, and quietly sat down at segregated lunch counters. The action grew, and black students held sit-ins at every lunch counter in downtown Nashville. Demonstrators were met with intimidation and violence from white segregationists, were arrested for "trespassing" and served time in jail. The sit-in protestors were joined by Nashville's black community in a boycott of downtown merchants.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights. A significant historical date for this entry is February 13, 1960.
Location. 36° 10.238′ N, 86° 48.106′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Fisk/Meharry. Marker is on Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1411 Jefferson St, Nashville TN 37208, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Darren Jefferson Clay, July 2, 2022
2. Nashville Sit-Ins Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 14, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 86 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on November 3, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
