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There's also a lunch counter, which is open 11-2 Wednesday through Friday and 10-2 on Saturdays, helmed by local chef Miz Yalonda Ramsey.—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2025 Like Lawson, Lewis was among the leaders of the sit-ins that desegregated Nashville lunch counters in the 1960s.—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024 The activist inspired a generation of nonviolent activists in the earliest days of the Civil Rights Movement by pushing to desegregate lunch counters in Nashville.—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024 Lawson was an architect of Nashville's lunch counter sit-ins and helped launch a nationwide movement.—Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 18 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for lunch counter
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