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Nashville
Wed, Feb 18
|Woolworth Theatre
A book launch celebration in the spot where Rev. Lawson led the 1960 Nashville sit-ins, which is now the Woolworth Theatre, featuring music and a conversation with Rev Lawson's s co-author, journalist Emily Yellin, and his son, John Lawson, a superior court judge in Los Angeles.
Time & Location
Feb 18, 2026, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Woolworth Theatre, 223 Rep. John Lewis Way N, Nashville, TN 37219, USA
About the event
This event will take place at the site of the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins which desegregated downtown Nashville, organized by Rev Lawson along with John Lewis, Diane Nash, and C.T. Vivian in 1960.
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