Diane Nash Interview: The Power of Nonviolence
Civil rights strategist Diane Nash discusses the importance of nonviolent resistance in this interview with Life Stories. As a key architect of the Civil Rights Movement, she shares insights from her leadership in the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins and her work alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This conversation highlights the critical moments and personal sacrifices that have shaped the movement, emphasizing how nonviolence continues to drive social justice.
Diane Nash was born in Chicago and attended Howard University before transferring to Nashville’s Fisk University in the fall of 1959. By 1961, Diane had emerged as one of the most respected student leaders of the sit-in movement and was a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). She was elected coordinator of the Nashville Student Movement Ride, coordinating efforts from Birmingham, Alabama, to Jackson, Mississippi, and playing a key role in bringing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Montgomery, Alabama in support of the Riders. In 1962, she was sentenced to two years in prison for teaching nonviolent tactics to children in Jackson, Mississippi, although she was four months pregnant. She was later released on appeal. Nash played a major role in the Birmingham desegregation campaign of 1963 and the Selma Voting Rights Campaign of 1965, before returning to Chicago to work in education, real estate, and fair housing advocacy.
From the HBO / Kunhardt Film Foundation (KFF) Documentary “King in the Wilderness” that follows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the last years of his life: from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in 1968, through personal stories of the people who were around him.
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Chapter Markers:
00:00:30 - Explaining nonviolence
00:03:17 - Eliminating segregation
00:07:01 - First meeting Dr. King
00:08:02 -The Selma Marches
00:12:01 - The Voting Rights Act of 1964
00:13:44 - Nonviolence as a way of life
00:19:04 - Organizing against Vietnam
00:21:35 - Challenges facing activists
00:25:23 - Civic responsibility today
Diane Nash, Field Organizer, SCLC and SNCC
Interviewed By: Trey Ellis
Interview Date: July 14, 2017
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