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Nashville Lunch Formal
Black college students in Nashville launch formal, full-scale sit-ins to desegregate lunch counters at Kress's, Woolworth's and McLellan's stores -
Chattanooga Sit In
Riot during Chattanooga lunch counter sit-ins; several whites arrested. -
Nashville Sit Ins
Black people begin sit-ins at white-only lunch counters in downtown Nashville in Feb. 1960. -
First Major City...
Nashville becomes is first major city to desegregate public facilities. -
Lane College Bus Boycott
Six Lane College students arrested for challenging segregated seating on buses in Jackson. Blacks launch bus boycott. -
Black Kids Allowed To Eat
For the first time, black people are allowed to eat at Greyhound Bus Terminal's lunch counter in Jackson.