Nashville Sit-ins

Nashville Sit in begins

Feb 13, 1960

Students began setting up sit ins in stores and lunch counters with a goall of desegregation

Nashvile sit ins

Period: Feb 13, 1960 to May 10, 1960

First violent response (Big Saturday)

Feb 27, 1960

A group of agitators attacked the sit ins, resulting in the arrest of eighty-one protesters

Standoff

Apr 7, 1960

The commitee suggested the counters be divided into black and white sections, but the NCLC rejeccted the proposal, thus resulting a standoff.

Bombing of Alexander Looby

Apr 19, 1960

Protesters has insert a bomb into Alexander Looby's home, destroying it. There was no casulties and no injuries

The March

Apr 20, 1960

After the bombing, 4000 people marched to City Hall to confront Ben West about the escalating violence

The Agreement

May 10, 1960

West believed that the lunch counters should be desegregated and thus an agreement was met, On that day, six downtown stores served black customers for the first time.