Having lived  the activism of the 1960s, Diane Nash questions the relevance and usefulness of nonviolent, direct-action protest in contemporary efforts to counter racism, sexism, and classism.  She then turns to challenge whether this approach can remain a viable philosophy for social change extending into the next century.

Diane Nash was at the center of the early 1960s civil rights movement.  Largely because she led or helped organize student sit-ins, freedom rides, voter-registration drives, and educational workshops, she was one of only four women introduced (by an all-male leadership) at the 1963 March on Washington.

Part of the University's weeklong Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Symposium "Where Do We Go From Here?"

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