Many of the students who participated in the Nashville Student Movement soon took on major leadership roles in both the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC.
Vivian Stanshall | Vivian Balakrishnan | Vivian Hsu | Vivian Woodward | Vivian Campbell | Vivian Ellis | Vivian Harris | Justin Vivian Bond | John Charles Vivian | Vivian Johnson (Without a Trace) | Vivian Johnson | Vivian | David Vivian Currie | Vivian Vance | Vivian Schmitt | Vivian McGrath | Vivian Juan-Saunders | Vivian Cheruiyot | John Henry Vivian | Hussey Vivian | Henry Vivian | Henry Louis Vivian Derozio | Henry Harvey Vivian | Vivian Velez | Vivian Schilling | Vivian Ridler | Vivian Molyneux | Vivian Matalon | Vivian Malone Jones | Vivian Kubrick |
Notable Freedom Riders among the over 80 profiled in the book include James Bevel, C.T. Vivian, John Lewis, Carol Ruth Silver, Michael Audain, Bob Filner, Wyatt Tee Walker, Charles Grier Sellers, Byron Baer, Bernard Lafayette and John Gager.
Among those attending Lawson's sessions were students who would become significant leaders in the Civil Rights Movement, among them: Marion Barry, James Bevel, Bernard Lafayette, John Lewis, Diane Nash, and C. T. Vivian.
In 1964, Vivian was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 2nd congressional district to the 89th United States Congress, serving from January 3, 1965 to January 3, 1967.