Tennessee

When Did Segregation End In Tennessee?

Although the initial campaign successfully desegregated downtown lunch counters, sit-ins, pickets, and protests against other segregated facilities continued in Nashville until passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended overt, legally sanctioned segregation nationwide. When did the civil rights movement start in Tennessee? Feb. 13, 1960They dressed like they were going to church. …

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