Bertha Gilbert, a 22-year-old civil rights activist, is led away by policemen after attempting to sit at a segregated lunch counter, Nashville - May 1964.

NPR

#civil rights  #united states  #1960s  #1900s  #20th century  #1964  #may  #tennessee  #african americans  #black history month  #women  
3 months ago on February 06, 2013 at 07:20pm
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