Działalność pastora Jamesa Lawsona w Nashville 1958-1960 („nonviolent workshop”, sit-ins) – studium przypadku walki o zmiany społeczno-polityczne
The 1958-1960 Activities („Nonviolent Workshop”, Sit-ins) of Reverend James Lawson in Nashville – A Case Study in the Struggle for Sociopolitical Change

Summary/Abstract: 1958 in Nashville Reverend James Lawson and Reverend Kelly Miller Smith (NCLC) started organizing “nonviolent workshop”. Lawson began teaching and training local residents in the techniques of the Gandhi’s philosophy of direct nonviolent protest. On February 14 and 28, 1960, African American students launched their first full-scale sit-ins. Throughout the spring, the students conducted numerous sit-ins and boycotts. They suffered physical abuse and arrests, but held to the concept of Christian nonviolence. On April 19, after bombing damaged the home of Z. Alexander Looby (defense counsel for the students), thousands of black and some white Americans marched to Nashville’s City Hall. On May 10, 1960, Nashville became the first major city to begin desegregating its public facilities. The Nashville movement had been planned over several months, and served as a model for future demonstrations against segregation.

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