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DESCRIPTION:Diane Nash grew up in Chicago\, living a life that did not nece
 ssarily \nforeshadow her future work as a freedom fighter. As a young stud
 ent at Fisk \nUniversity in Nashville\, Ms. Nash experienced the humiliati
 on of southern Jim \nCrow segregation and sought a way to challenge it. Th
 at search led her to \nRev. James Lawson\, who taught her and other lumina
 ries of the movement how to \nfight for change nonviolently. Ms. Nash beca
 me a leader in the struggle to \nend segregation in Nashville\, a struggle
  the young students in Nashville \neventually won. Diane Nash then went on
  to help found the Student Nonviolent \nCoordinating Committee (SNCC)\, to
  lead the Freedom Rides\, and then to play \ncentral roles in the Mississi
 ppi and Alabama freedom movements.\n\nAs we study American history and exa
 mine the project of American democracy\, \nwe must look for leaders under 
 the radar of traditional tellings that are \ndominated by presidents and g
 enerals\, stories of mainly white males. If \ndemocracy is about people ac
 tively working together to shape a collective \nfuture\, it is essential t
 hat we study the life of Diane Nash\, a gentle\, but \nfirm leader who bec
 ame a freedom fighter and who contributed to that still \nunfinished work 
 of moving the democratic project forward.\n\nDr. Robert H. Mayer is a prof
 essor of education and the director of the \nCenter for the Advancement of
  Teaching at Moravian College. Dr. Mayer teaches \ncourses on multicultura
 l and philosophical foundations of education as well \nas courses on refle
 ctive approaches to teaching for all secondary teachers \nand for social s
 tudies teachers. Beyond teaching\, Dr. Mayer has published two \nbooks for
  young people\, /The Civil Rights Act of 1964/ (Greenhaven Press)\, \na bo
 ok he edited\, and /When the Children Marched: The Birmingham Civil \nRigh
 ts Movement/ (Enslow Publishers). Both won the Carter G. Woodson Award \nf
 rom the National Council for the Social Studies. He has also written for 
 \nCobblestone\, a magazine of history. His primary research interest is in
  the \narea of teaching history. Dr. Mayer has published articles about te
 aching \nhistory in /The Social Studies\, Social Education\,/ and the /Mag
 azine of \nHistory/ and more general articles on teaching in /Teaching \nE
 ducation/ and /Teacher Education Quarterly/.\n\n 
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160215T120000
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LOCATION:Limburg Theater (Farinon)
SUMMARY:The Civil Rights Life of Diane Nash and America's Democratic Projec
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