Diane Nash has said that she did n't participate in a march across the Edmund Pettus bridge on Saturday because of the former president . She 's said she made the choice 'when it was apparent that he was going to be part of it . Nash was a leader in the Freedom Riders movement . She and her and her husband at the time James Bevel drafted the First plan for the Selma voting rights movement .
Diane Nash has said that she did n't participate in a march across the Edmund Pettus bridge on Saturday because of the former president . She 's said she made the choice 'when it was apparent that he was going to be part of it . Nash was a leader in the Freedom Riders movement . She and her and her husband at the time James Bevel drafted the first plan for the Selma voting rights movement .