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    We Shall Not Be Moved: The 50th Anniversary of Tennessee's Civil Rights Sit-Ins

    We Shall Not Be Moved: The 50th Anniversary of Tennessee's Civil Rights Sit-Ins Image gallery

    Presented by Tennessee State Museum at Tennessee State Museum

    February 4-May 16, 2010

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    During the 1950s and 1960s, African Americans began mobilizing in a massive movement against segregation. This included non-violent, direct action campaigns, which culminated in sit-in demonstrations, economic boycotts, and marches. Fifty years ago, a handful of Nashville college students from Fisk University, Tennessee A&I (later Tennessee State), and American Baptist Theological Seminary along with religious leaders Kelly Miller Smith and James Lawson, began a sit-in campaign targeting downtown lunch counters. These actions sparked the formation of a mass sit-in movement, which became the model used across Tennessee and the rest of the South. These actions will be examined in this special exhibition, organized by the curatorial staff at the State Museum. The exhibit also looks at segregation in the state and how significant resistance developed in African American communities.


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        Tennessee State Museum

        505 Deaderick Street
        Nashville, TN 37243

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        Free Admission

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        Dates:
        February 4-May 16, 2010

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        Tuesday through Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm
        Sunday 1:00pm-5:00pm

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