People's Plaza: Sixty-Two Days of Nonviolent Resistance

by Justin Jones

Book Overview

From 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 Tennessee state troopers, state and US...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826504973
• ISBN13: 9780826504975
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"