Bree Newsome's Song for Freedom Fighters - STAY STRONG

Feeling rebloggy: 

"Newsome, 30, was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. A filmmaker, musician and activist, she is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of The Arts, where she received a BFA in Film & Television. Her undergraduate work as a student, earned her a spot to serve as the first-ever Artist in Residence at Saatchi & Saatchi, a global creative communications and advertising company headquartered in New York. Newsome created an animated short, THE THREE PRINCES OF IDEA which earned her a $40,000 scholarship. While many may be new to Newsome, she is not new to the world of activism. Newsome was previously arrested during a sit-in at the North Carolina State Capitol where she spoke out against the state’s recent attack on voting rights. At NYU, she wrote and directed a humorous public service announcement called YOUR BALLOT, YOUR VOICE encouraging youth voter turnout. The PSA went on to win the Grand Prize in a PSA competition sponsored by Tisch and MTV."

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http://www.theconscioustip.com/who-is-bree-newsome/

SONG - STAY STRONG

DIANE NASH: Black, Female, Civil Rights, LEADER

Assistant to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy John Seigenthaler recalls a phone conversation with Nash where he tried to dissuade the Nashville Freedom Riders from going to Alabama, warning of the violence ahead.

Nash replied that the Riders had signed their last wills and testaments prior to departure. 

In his interview for Freedom Riders, Seigenthaler recalls, "She in a very quiet but strong way gave me a lecture."
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In 1961, some months after having been jailed for requesting lunch at a segregated lunch counter as one of "The Rockville 9," Diane Nash kept the freedom rides going after one the buses was burned by the KKK...Nash argued that it was their duty to continue.

SNCC's Diane Nash played a crucial role in sustaining Freedom Rides initiated by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). From her base in Nashville, coordinated student efforts to continue the rides into Mississippi, recruited new riders, and served as a liaison between the press and the United States Department of Justice.


Nash played a key role in bringing Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to Montgomery, AL on May 21 in support of the Riders. Tensions developed between King and SNCC members, including Nash, when King refused to participate in the Freedom Rides himself.

She herself was present for the violent siege on the First Baptist Church.

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In 2015 she refused to participate in honoring the 50 year anniversary of the Selma because George W. Bush was present, representing the exact opposite of all we believe in. Listen to her speak here on her decision in March of 2015 and what she thinks it is going to take for us to go forward.

READ MORE  http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_nash_diane_1938/


READ MORE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_sit-ins

READ MORE: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/diane-nash

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIANE NASH!