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Miss Illinois runner-up, Diane Nash was one of the pioneers of the American Civil Rights movement. She was a champion for non-violence, and one of the founders of the Student Non-Violence Coordinating Committee. She organized the Freedom Rides and the lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville, and is perhaps best known for her asking “Do you feel it is wrong to discriminate against a person solely on the basis of their race or color?”
Her actions were hugely influential in ending segregation in the south.
