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Diane Nash

Civil Rights & Peace Activist

Civil Rights & Peace Activist

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Diane Nash Biography

A Chicago native who had never experienced segregation in public accommodations before moving to the South, Diane Nash went on to become one of the pioneers of the Civil Rights Movement.

Nash's involvement in the nonviolent movement began in 1959 while she was a student at Fisk University. In 1960 she became the chairperson of the student sit-in movement in Nashville, Tennessee—the first southern city to desegregate its lunch counters—as well as one of the founding students of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. In 1961 she coordinated the Freedom Ride from Birmingham, Alabama, to Jackson, Mississippi, a story which was documented in the recent PBS American Experience film Freedom Riders.

Her many arrests for her civil rights activities culminated in Nash being imprisoned for 30 days in 1961, while she was pregnant with her first child. Undeterred, she went on to join a national committee—to which she was appointed by President John F. Kennedy—that promoted passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Nash later became active in the peace movement that worked to end the Vietnam War, and became an instructor in the philosophy and strategy of non-violence as developed by Mohandas Gandhi.

Diane Nash is the recipient of numerous awards, including the War Resisters' League Peace Award; the Distinguished American Award presented by the John F. Kennedy Library; the LBJ Award for Leadership in Civil Rights from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum; and an honorary doctorate of human letters from Fisk University, her alma mater. Most recently, Nash delivered the 2009 Slavery Remembrance Day Memorial Lecture in Liverpool, England.

Her work has been cited in numerous books, documentaries, magazines, and newspaper articles, and she has appeared on such TV shows and films as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Spike Lee's Four Little Girls, and PBS's Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years 1954-1965.

Diane Nash Speaking Topics

  • Non-Violence Campaigning: A Workshop

  • Women in the Civil Rights Movement

  • The Movements of the '60s: A Legacy for Today

  • From Jail in Jackson to the Distinguished American Award: My Life as an Activist

  • 1961, the Freedom Riders & Our Struggle for Racial Justice

Diane Nash Videos

  • Video interview with Diane Fernley-Jones, CIO, Leighton Contractors
  • Diane Nash on Civic Responsibility - YouTube

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Diane Nash is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Non-Violence Campaigning: A Workshop, Women in the Civil Rights Movement, The Movements of the '60s: A Legacy for Today, From Jail in Jackson to the Distinguished American Award: My Life as an Activist and 1961, the Freedom Riders & Our Struggle for Racial Justice. The estimated speaking fee range to book Diane Nash for your event is available upon request. Diane Nash generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Victoria Rowell, Judge Greg Mathis, Tonya Lewis Lee, Angela Davis and Rosa Clemente. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Diane Nash for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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