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February 13, 1960
124 students asked to be served at Woolworths, S. H. Kress, and McClellan. The stores refused them service. The students stayed there for 2 hours and then left. -
February 27, 1960
Fourth sit-in at Woolworths, McClellan, and Walgreens. This time crowds began surrounding the students and harassing them. Some of the students were attacked. The police arrived, but the attackers fled leaving behind the damage. -
February 29, 1960
Trails began for those who were in sit-ins. Over 2000 people came to show their support for those on trial. They surrounded the court house. All the students who had been arrested were convicted of "Disorderly Conduct" and were fined 50$. Most of the students chose serving in the county workhouse for 33 days instead of paying the fine. -
April 19, 1960
April 19 dynamite was thrown into the window of Z. Alexander Looby's house. He was the lead lawyer defending the Nashville Sit-in students. Instead of scaring the people away from sit-ins it triggered the opposite reaction. A group of 4000 people went to confront the mayor at the City Hall. -
April 20, 1960
Could not find this date in the document. -
May 10, 1960
May 10th a test began where black students went to white people places to lunch. The stores were told in advance to not give them any trouble and to server them. The media was also alerted of this so that they could record the results. At this time the boycott of downtown stores ended as well. There was no violence that day. Nashville became the first big city to begin desegregating its public facilities.