Pod Bless Nashville

Ep. 1: Dynamites and Shotguns


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In August, 1957, Nashville was on edge, waiting to see if city schools would desegregate in September. Segregationists from all over the South descended on the city and a plan was hatched to bomb a school.


Buy the Book: Dynamite Nashville: Unmasking the FBI, the KKK, and the Bombers Beyond their Control — Third Man Books


Rachel’s book A Most Tolerant Little Town | Book by Rachel Louise Martin | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster (simonandschuster.com)

More on Harry T. Moore PBS - Freedom Never Dies: The Story of Harry T. Moore

More on Asa Carter Unmasking the Klansman (ugapress.org)


Produced by 440 Media with the cooperation of Third Man Books

Narration by Betsy Phillips and Braden Gall, written by Betsy Phillips

Edited by Braden Gall, theme music by Anchor Thieves


Photo from the Dale Ernsberger Collection, courtesy of Metro Nashville Archives

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