Diane Judith Nash

Arrest Date	3 February 1961
Arrest Location	Rock Hill, South Carolina
Charge	Sit-in at a segregated lunch counter. Refused to pay a fine.

Historical Record

Diane Nash chose jail over bail in Rock Hill — a tactic that forced the movement into public view. As a founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and architect of the Freedom Rides, Nash was among the most strategically brilliant organizers of the civil rights era. She organized while pregnant, refusing to abandon the movement.

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The full Good Trouble profile for Diane Judith Nash — including sourced archival photography, expanded biographical history, and complete arrest record — is in development. This page will be updated as the archive grows.

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