What Is The Difference Between Robert Parris And Diane Nash Civil Rights Movement

Robert Parris Moses and Diane Nash are two among the many vital but not well known heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. Moses unceasingly fought for the voting rights of African Americans and because of Nash’s never ending effort, both, the Freedom Rides and desegregation of lunch counters were made possible. Both, Moses and Nash, had different ways to approach what they were trying to do in the Civil Rights Movement. Moses stayed in the background of the whole voter registration project while Nash was on the frontline of trying to desegregate the lunch counters by participating in the sit-ins and protests. Although they had different approaches, they were both equally successful. Robert Parris Moses became a math teacher at Horace Mann High

As a student in Nashville, she witnessed southern racial segregation for the first time. She said, “When I got to Nashville, and why I so keenly resented segregation, and not being allowed to do basic kinds of things like eating at restaurants…I felt…shut in very unfairly” (Onevotesncc). She often attended non-violent protest workshops led by Reverend James Lawson. After attending these workshops, Nash participated in impromptu sit-ins at Nashville’s downtown lunch counters. Due to her nonviolent protest philosophy and her reputation from these sit-ins she was elected chair of the Student Central Committee. Nash said, “I did not want to be chair person, I was afraid to be chair person” (makers). She led and organized many protests and sit-ins which involved hundreds of both, African American and white college students from local schools. As a result, by early April Nashville’s Mayor Ben West called for the desegregation of all the lunch counters in Nashville and organized negotiations between Nash and other student leaders. In an interview with USA Today, Nash said, “We presented Southern white racists with a new set of options, Kill us or desegregate” (KingEncyclopedia). Because of the negations made with Nash and Mayor West, on May 10, 1960, Nashville, Tennessee became the first southern city to desegregate lunch