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In this Feb. 27, 1960, photo, black demonstrators including Kenneth Frazier and John Lewis, center, hold a sit-in at the closed counter of Woolworth on Fifth in downtown Nashville, Tenn., as Nashville police officers moved in. On that day, nearly 100 young African Americans, along with a few white supporters, were arrested and jailed. Future U.S. Rep. John Lewis was among them. It marked the first of his many arrests to come. On that historic day 60 years ago, tensions escalated between crowds of white instigators and the composed young black men and women who wanted integration and equality. (Jimmy Ellis/The Tennessean via AP)

In this Feb. 27, 1960, photo, black demonstrators including Kenneth Frazier and John Lewis, center, hold a sit-in at the closed counter of Woolworth on Fifth in downtown Nashville, Tenn., as Nashville police officers moved in. On that day, nearly 100 young African Americans, along with a few white supporters, were arrested and jailed. Future U.S. Rep. John Lewis was among them. It marked the first of his many arrests to come. On that historic day 60 years ago, tensions escalated between crowds of white instigators and the composed young black men and women who wanted integration and equality. (Jimmy Ellis/The Tennessean via AP)

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