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Nashville Sit in begins
Students began setting up sit ins in stores and lunch counters with a goall of desegregation -
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Nashvile sit ins
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First violent response (Big Saturday)
A group of agitators attacked the sit ins, resulting in the arrest of eighty-one protesters -
Standoff
The commitee suggested the counters be divided into black and white sections, but the NCLC rejeccted the proposal, thus resulting a standoff. -
Bombing of Alexander Looby
Protesters has insert a bomb into Alexander Looby's home, destroying it. There was no casulties and no injuries -
The March
After the bombing, 4000 people marched to City Hall to confront Ben West about the escalating violence -
The Agreement
West believed that the lunch counters should be desegregated and thus an agreement was met, On that day, six downtown stores served black customers for the first time.
