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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 22, 2021

The Metro Nashville Council yesterday gave final approval to a bill naming the plaza in front of the Historic Metro Courthouse in honor of civil rights activist Diane Nash. The new "Diane Nash Plaza” will encompass the steps and large fountains in front of the building, the Tennessean reports. The honor comes almost 62 years after Nash joined thousands at the courthouse to protest the bombing of attorney and civil rights activist Z. Alexander Looby's Nashville home. Nash also confronted then-Mayor Ben West on the courthouse steps, asking if it was wrong to discriminate based on race or skin color. West agreed it was wrong, a key symbolic victory for the movement, according to the paper.