Nashville Sit-ins - February 13
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Sunday, February 13, 2022
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Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: Nashville Sit-ins
ON THIS DATE
- 1542 - England's King Henry VIII's fifth wife, Catherine Howard, is executed for adultery.
- 1635 - Boston Public Latin School, the first public school in what is now the U.S., is founded.
- 1914 - The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is founded.
- 1920 - The League of Nations recognizes the neutrality of Switzerland.
- 1960 - Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
- 2000 - Charles Schulz's final "Peanuts" comic strip runs in Sunday newspapers, one day after his death.
- 1891 - Painter Grant Wood
- 1923 - Test pilot Chuck Yeager
- 1944 - Actor Stockard Channing
- 1950 - English singer-songwriter Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel - Sledge Hammer - LISTEN- The Royal Guardsmen - Snoopy v. the Red Baron - LISTEN
- Tony Awards - You're a Good Man Charlie Brown - LISTEN
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - John Lewis: Get in the WayThe Nashville Sit-Ins (3:33) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Diane Nash and the Sit-Ins (5:59) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - Teach with Movies - A Force More Powerful Lesson -DO
- Grades 7-12 - Black Past - Nashville Sit-ins - READ
- Grades 7-12 - The Civil Rights Digital Library - Sit-ins: Nashville, Tenn. (1:07) - READ, VIEW, LISTEN
- Grades 7-12 - Tennessee Encyclopedia - Nashville Sit-ins - READ
- Grades 7-12 - Nashville Student Movement - SNCC Digital Gateway - READ
- Grades 7-12 - Library of Congress - Sit-ins in Nashville, Tennessee (2:01) - VIEW
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