Watch: Vanderbilt and the Nashville Sit-In Movement: A 50-Year Retrospective

Watch video of the symposium “Vanderbilt and the Nashville Sit-In Movement: A 50-Year Retrospective.”

Vanderbilt marked the 50th anniversary of the Nashville sit-ins with a Feb. 22, 2010, symposium at the Student Life Center featuring some of the original participants. The sit-ins are considered models of disciplined non-violence and an early success of the civil rights movement.

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Contact: Jim Patterson (615) 322-NEWS
jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu

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