in the historic event, Nash cited the attendance of former president George W. Bush. Nash, who has dedicated her life to pursuits of peace and nonviolence, declared that Bush "stands for just the opposite: For violence and war and stolen elections, and his administration…had people tortured." Decades after she played a critical role in the Civil Rights Movement, Nash remains committed to the principles of nonviolence that have guided her throughout her life. Although she was a key architect in many of the Movement's most successful efforts, she remains humble upon reflection. "It took many thousands of people to make the changes that we made, people whose names we'll never know. They'll never get credit for the sacrifices they've made, but I remember them." In July 2022, Joe Biden presented Nash with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Personal life While participating in the Nashville sit-in, Nash first met fellow protester James Bevel, whom she would later marry. They had two children together, a son and a daughter. The couple divorced after seven years of marriage and Nash never remarried. In popular culture Nash is portrayed by Tessa Thompson in the 2014 film Selma. Nash is also portrayed in The Boondocks episode "Freedom Ride or Die". See also List of civil rights leaders References External links SNCC Digital Gateway: Diane Nash, Documentary website created by the SNCC Legacy Project and Duke University, telling the story of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and grassroots organizing from the inside-out Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture Diane Nash Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America Diane Nash interview from American Experience documentary "Freedom Riders" in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/freedomriders/#part01 https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-rides 1938 births Living people Businesspeople from Chicago Activists for African-American civil rights Freedom Riders American prisoners and detainees Fisk University alumni Nonviolence advocates Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee American women in business Selma to Montgomery marches Activists from Chicago Educators from Illinois American women educators African-American Catholics Nashville Student Movement Hyde Park Academy High School alumni Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Roman Catholic activists 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women 21st-century African-American women African-American activists