Do not laugh out. This arrangement would continue in a controlled manner for a couple of weeks and then all controls would be taken off, at which point the merchants and protest leaders would reconvene to evaluate the results. It was part of a broader sit-in movement that spread across the southern United States in the wake of the Gre Over 150 students were arrested. On February 29, the first day of the trials, a crowd of more than 2000 people lined the streets surrounding the city courthouse to show their support for the defendants.Despite strong support from the black community, all the students who had been arrested were convicted of disorderly conduct and fined $50. Around noon, nearly 4000 people marched silently to City Hall to confront the mayor.Coverage of this event varied significantly between Nashville's two major newspapers. Do sit straight; always face the counter. Do show yourself courteous and friendly at all times. Report for the Nashville Community Relations Council. Within hours, news of the bombing had spread throughout the community. "Do not strike back or curse if abused. Over the course of the Nashville sit-in campaign, sit-ins were staged at numerous stores in the central business district. Do not block entrances to stores outside nor the aisles inside. At trial, the students were represented by a group of 13 lawyers, headed by Although the initial campaign successfully desegregated downtown lunch counters, sit-ins, pickets, and protests against other segregated facilities continued in Nashville until passage of the In Nashville, like most Southern cities, African Americans were severely disadvantaged under the system of Jim Crow segregation. Besides being relegated to underfunded schools and barred from numerous public accommodations, African Americans had few prospects for skilled employment and were subject to constant discrimination from the white majority.Although serious efforts were made to oppose Jim Crow laws in Nashville as early as 1905,The Nashville Christian Leadership Council (or NCLC), was founded by the Reverend From March 26 to 28, 1958, the NCLC held the first of many workshops on using nonviolent tactics to challenge segregation.During these workshops it was decided that the first target for the group's actions would be downtown lunch counters. According to the agreement, small, selected groups of African Americans would order food at the downtown lunch counters on a day known in advance to the merchants. Do not hold conversations with the floor walker. At the time, African Americans were allowed to shop in downtown stores but were not allowed to eat in the stores' restaurants. Do refer information seekers to your leader in a polite manner. The committee included the presidents of two of the city's At 5:30 am on April 19, dynamite was thrown through a front window of Z. Alexander Looby's home in north Nashville,Rather than discouraging the protesters, this event served as a catalyst for the movement.
Do report all serious incidents to your leader. There are several conflicting sources on the number of students arrested on February 27: The initial story in Westfeldt, Wallace. The students refused to pay the fines, however, and chose instead to serve thirty-three days in the county workhouse.The same day the trials began, a group of black ministers, including James Lawson, met with Mayor On March 3, in an effort to defuse the racial tensions caused by the sit-ins, Mayor West announced the formation of a Biracial Committee to seek a solution to the city's racial strife. During the first week of February 1960, a small The first large-scale organized sit-in was on Saturday, February 13, 1960. Over the next few years, further sit-ins, pickets, and other actions would take place at restaurants, movie theaters, public swimming pools, and other segregated facilities across Nashville.Several events were held in 2010 in order to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Nashville sit-ins.