Nashville.Gov

Never forget where we’ve come from, that’s why there are these Historical Markers to keep us moving forward. This one is on two sides and the first side reads:
On 13 February 1960 124 students from Nashville’s Historically Black Colleges; and Universities walked into Woolworth’s, Kress’, and McClellan’s sat down at the lunch counters, and asked to be served to no avail. The students also targeted Walgreens, W.T. Grant, as well as Harvey’s and Cain-​Sloan department stores. Their goal was desegregate Nashville lunch counters. The student protesters experienced no violence until February 27. On that day at ‘Woolworth’s and McClellan’s; white resisters threw the students from their seats, punched; kicked and spat upon them– Nashville police only arrested the student protesters. Eighty-​one students were arrested and harged with loitering, and disorderly conduct. Two dayslater, the court fined each student $ 50. The took a principled stand, refused to pay the bail, and spent 33 ¹⁄₃ days in jail.
Due to the 19 April bombing of Attorney Z. Alexander Looby’s home, a diverse crowd of approximately 3,000 to 4,000 people silently marched from Tennessee A&I State University to the courthouse, where Mayor Ben West met them at the steps. After an intense dialogue between Mayor West and student leader, the Rev. C.T. Vivian, Diane Nash stepped forward and asked the mayor if he «recommended that lunch counters be desegregated.» The mayor agreed and the next morning the Nasville Tennessean read «Integrate Counters» — Mayor. On May 10, 1960, Nashville became the first major city to begin desegregating its public facilities when six downtown stores, led by Harvey’s and Cain-​Sloan, opened their lunch counters to African Americans. The Nashville Student Protest Movement to desegregate all public facilities did not end until 1964.
[As for Unilocal,I don’t know why they INSIST on this being a review of
even though it has nothing to do with it. And the location of the pin is NOT 1000 Metro Courthouse. It’s at 390 Fifth Avenue N. You can see the sign on Google Earth. But on this one, I’m just going to let Unilocal win because on this one… YOU ARE IDIOTS. There. I feel better.]