Love Is Loud

Written by Sandra Neil Wallace · Illustrated by Bryan Collier

A young woman challenges segregation with truth and action.

4.3/5 Goodreads · 238 ratings

48 pages

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Diane Nash, a determined student from Chicago, encounters the harsh reality of segregation in the South. Fueled by injustice, she leads the Nashville Movement, organizing sit-ins and marches. Her peaceful protests catch the attention of Martin Luther King Jr. and even President Kennedy. Can Diane's unwavering resolve and strategic actions dismantle the barriers of segregation and inspire a nation to change?

From the publisher

Four starred reviews! Meet Diane Nash, a civil rights leader who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, in this “poignant and powerful” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) nonfiction picture book that is “a stunning, little-known story, and a welcome volume” (School Library Journal, starred review) that “highlights major moments in Nash’s life” (The Horn Book, starred review). Diane grew up in the southside of Chicago in the 1940s. As a university student, she visited the Tennessee State Fair in 1959. Shocked to see a bathroom sign that read For Colored Women, Diane learned that segregation in the South went beyond schools–it was part of daily life. She decided to fight back, not with anger or violence, but with strong words of truth and action. Finding a group of like-minded students, including student preacher John Lewis, Diane took command of the Nashville Movement. They sat at the lunch counters where only white people were allowed and got arrested, day after day. Leading thousands of marchers to the courthouse, Diane convinced the mayor to integrate lunch counters. Then, she took on the Freedom Rides to integrate bus travel, garnering support from Martin Luther King Jr. and then the president himself–John F. Kennedy.

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