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Desegregated Lunch Counters

Nashville, Tennessee
Historical Marker Database · Darren Jefferson Clay
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In May 1960, after numerous sit-in demonstrations, Nashville became the first major southern city with desegregated lunch counters.
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Nashville, Tennessee · United States

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