movement children birth_place awards parents birth_date alma_mater spouse article_title birth_name television organization
civil rights movement sherri bevel douglass bevel chicago , illinois rosa leadership freedom award parks award distinguished american award lbj award for leon nash dorothy bolton nash 15 may 1938 howard university fisk university james bevel -lrb- divorced -rrb- diane nash
 diane judith nash '' '' eyes on the prize '' '' freedom riders student nonviolent coordinating committee -lrb- sncc -rrb-
diane nash

diane judith nash -lrb- born may 15 , 1938 -rrb- is an american retired civil rights activist , and a leader and strategist of the student wing of the 1960s civil rights movement .
historian david halberstam described her as '' ... bright , focused , utterly fearless , with an unerring instinct for the correct tactical move at each increment of the crisis ; as a leader , her instincts had been flawless , and she was the kind of person who pushed those around her to be at their best , or be gone from the movement . ''
nash 's campaigns were among the most successful of the era .
her efforts included the first successful civil rights campaign to integrate lunch counters -lrb- nashville -rrb- ; the freedom riders , who de-segregated interstate travel ; co-founding the student nonviolent coordinating committee -lrb- sncc -rrb- ; and co-initiating the alabama voting rights project and working on the selma voting rights movement , which resulted in african americans getting the right to register to vote and gain political power throughout the south .
diane nash believes in taking nonviolent initiatives and eradicating discrimination against women all over the world .
during recent interviews she spoke about how nations should look at nonviolent ways to solve conflicts .
in an interview with theresa anderson she said `` violence needs to be addressed .
i think the civil rights movement has demonstrated how to resolve human conflicts .
i think it 's crazy when two countries have problems with each other and one says ` let 's bomb them , kill them , go fight . '
if we have a problem with another country i would like to see consideration instead of an automatic tendency to go to war .
let 's hear their side , consider our side , and look at what is logical and reasonable .
let 's look at what serves the best interests of the people and see if we can negotiate solutions , more sane solutions . ''
