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The students were drawn to activist Jim Lossen and his workshops of non-violence. The non-violent workshops were training on how to practice non-violent protests. John Lewis, Angela Butler, and Diane Nash led students to the first lunch counter sit-in. Diane Nash said, "We were scared to death because we didn't know what was going to happen...
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Diane Nash said, "We were scared to death because we didn't know what was going to happen." For two weeks there were no incidences with violence. This all changed on February 27, 1960, when white people started to beat the students. Nashville police did nothing to protect the black students. The students remained true to their training in non-violence and refused to fight back...
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Freedom Riders   ELLA BAKER AND THE BLACK FREEDOM MOVEMENT   Discuss how a nation which prided itself on allowing freedom of association and freedom of speech could have allowed the anti-communist witch hunts to have happened. Can you see any parallels in later years?   Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Thought, Freedom of Pot   Tensions among black activists and white activists during the civil rights movement   African Americans: The Loss and Gain of Freedom(1865-1900   ?Freedom Of Speech Means The Freedom To Offend.'   Leaders and Legislation of The Civil Rights and Black Power Movement   Freedom of Religion in Public Schools   Freedom Of Expression - Our First Amendment Rights Are Threatened   Civil Rights Movement and Black Nationalism   United States Of American: Personal Freedom   Compare and Contrast the "White Public Opinion" and African American Public Opinion. Which has more of a mass media effect?   How successful were Black Americans in achieving their Civil Rights in the period of 1950 – 1970?   Computer versus Students Freedom of Expression  
 
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