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FILE - This Feb. 27, 1960 photo shows black demonstrators including John Lewis, center, who was arrested after a protest against segregation at the lunch counter at McLellans Variety Store in Nashville, Tenn. 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)