Wright Thompson’s The Barn reckons anew with the infamous murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till
…all, Mamie Till-Mobley did not have to hold an open casket for her son, whose body sparked international awareness and an era of resistance. Digging deep into the individual-meets-local-meets-global Mississippi…
Erik Larson puts the reader in the action during the lead-up to America’s deadliest conflict
…General Scott who famously declared that anyone interfering with the congressional certification of the electoral vote count would be “lashed to the muzzle of a twelve-pounder and fired out the…
Jen Fawkes spins a fiercely feminist tale centered in 19th-century Nashville
Perhaps all writers of fiction have experienced the particular thrill of coming across a bit of history or a casual mention of some peculiar event, and suddenly they know: A…
Betsy Phillips’ Dynamite Nashville is a raucous, engrossing investigation of white supremacist violence
…local police needed someone to coordinate the investigations at a national level. The FBI refused, saying these were all local matters. No Black person in Nashville who was alive during…
50 Books / HT50, Part 10: 2018-2022
We’ve reached the end of the 50 Books / HT 50 series. This final installment features two Pulitzer Prize winners, a book about a controversial figure in the Civil Rights…
From Rights to Lives surveys the evolution of racial justice movements
…asking for “calm”; political triangulation; the arrival of national media; mass-based protests. The Nichols murder became the latest real-time scenario that illuminated all of the perils and prospects of the…
