Diane Nash by: Samantha Hodges

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The Making of the Leader-      Diane Bevel Nash, born in 1938, grew up in a strictly Catholic house hold.  She experienced racism early in life, however small, but her family structure gave little credit to the racism in the social culture, they refused to make it an impactful occurrence of their daily lives, so Diane Nash grew up with an ingrained refusal to acknowledge racism.  Although Diane Nash was educated in Tennessee the civil rights activist is originally a Chicago, Illinois native.  She grew up in a community where Racial segregation and discrimination was closer to myth than reality. After college and during her time working to stop racial discrimination Diane met James Bevel, a SCLC member, whom she later married. Diane’s approach to changing the social atmosphere of the south came forth when Diane herself experienced racism as a university student in Nashville,...