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OverviewFrom June 12, 2020, until the passage of the state law making the occupation a felony two months later, peaceful protesters set up camp at Nashville's Legislative Plaza and renamed it for Ida B. Wells. Central to the occupation was Justin Jones, a student of Fisk University and Vanderbilt Divinity School whose place at the forefront of the protests brought him and the occupation to the attention of the Metro Nashville Police Department, state and US senators, and Governor Bill Lee. The result was two months of solidarity in the face of rampant abuse, community in the face of state-sponsored terror, and standoff after standoff at the gates of the people's house with those who claimed to represent them. In this, his first book, Jones describes those two revolutionary months of nonviolent resistance against the state's soldiers who sought to dehumanize its citizens. The People's Plaza is a rumination on the abuse of power, and a vision of a more just, equitable, anti-racist Nashville—a vision that kept Jones and those with him posted on the plaza through intense heat, unprovoked arrests, vandalism, theft, and violent suppression. It is a first-person account of hope, a statement of intent, and a blueprint for nonviolent resistance in the American South and elsewhere. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Justin JonesPublisher: Vanderbilt University Press Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.112kg ISBN: 9780826504975ISBN 10: 0826504973 Pages: 196 Publication Date: 30 August 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsForeword by Reverend William Barber Acknowledgments Introduction 1. We’ve Been Here Before 2. Lay Your Burdens Down 3. “Do not underestimate your opponent.” 4. Shift Change 5. Power Washing 6. “Wait in the Plaza, children” 7. Capitol Hill 8. Back the Badge? 9. “It was like we were being hunted.” 10. Night Terror 11. Aggravated Littering 12. State of Tennessee vs. Justin Jones Conclusion TimelineReviewsJones describes law enforcement, the Tennessee State Assembly, and Governor Bill Lee's attempts to curtail their First and Fourth Amendment rights and the brutal and callous way they were treated while occupying a public space. The sixty-two days in this book are at once a reflection of, a prayer for, and an indictment of America in the Twenty-First Century. - Learotha Williams Jr., co-editor with Amie Thurber of I'll Take You There: Nashville Stories of Place, Power, and Struggle Jones describes law enforcement, the Tennessee State Assembly, and Governor Bill Lee's attempts to curtail their First and Fourth Amendment rights and the brutal and callous way they were treated while occupying a public space. The sixty-two days in this book are at once a reflection of, a prayer for, and an indictment of America in the Twenty-First Century. - Learotha Williams Jr., co-editor with Amie Thurber of I'll Take You There: Exploring Nashville's Social Justice Sites Author InformationJustin Jones is an activist, graduate student, and community organizer in Nashville. He came to Fisk University in 2013, where he received the John R. Lewis Scholarship for Social Activism. Inspired by its legacy of the student-led movement for civil rights, Jones became involved on campus and in community groups and spent the past nine years in Tennessee organizing campaigns for the expansion of healthcare in Tennessee, the repeal of restrictive state voter ID laws, the removal of confederate monuments, and community accountability in cases of police violence. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |