FRONT PORCH AF with Kelli & Sue
“J. Edgar Hoover, the leader of the FBI at the time ... says, 'And for the past few years, we have been running the Klan in Tennessee.' ” —BETSY PHILLIPS, Dynamite Nashville
Historian BETSY PHILLIPS joins Kelli and Sue to discuss her book 'Dynamite Nashville' and the unsolved bombings in Nashville during the Civil Rights era of the '50s and '60s. The conversation explores the Ku Klux Klan's violent response to desegregation, the FBI's controversial ties to the Klan, and key figures such as J.B. Stoner, J. Alexander Looby, and J. Edgar Hoover.
Betsy describes her investigative work using FOIA requests, archival research, and interviews that helped prompt the reopening of these cold cases, and she sheds light on how these events shaped Nashville and the broader Civil Rights era. You can find Betsy at the Nashville Scene.
Kelli and Sue open with Neighborhood Notes (think Dolly Parton, New Orleans second line parades, and press-on nails ...) and close with an invitation to join them as they gather on their audio front porch, sip a drink, and try to solve all the problems of the world.
Cheers, y'all!
For some of Betsy's Action Items, click here. (Photo by R. Johnson)
DOLLY'S PRAYER CARDS
Sue picked up a few for Kelli at a concert. Heaven knows, we can use more Dolly in our lives right now.
SUE'S PRESS-ON NAILS
Just wait until Sue finally has hand-model-esque nails.
(Turns out we actually *will* have to wait, because when Sue went to put them on, she failed miserably!)