Episode Three: Unrest

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges faced by Barbara Jean Watson and her family during the desegregation of Jones School in North Nashville, highlighting the broader community impact during the Civil Rights era.

Barbara Jean Watson made history when she enrolled at the previously all-white Jones School in North Nashville. She and her family faced constant threats of violence as a result, and one night their back yard was firebombed. Her older sister Leitha Carter remembers how the family home became a hub of activity for the NAACP and SNCC. White opposition to desegregation was just one of the many destabilizing forces that shaped and shook the community throughout the Civil Rights era. Attorney Z. Alexander Looby's home was bombed. And the wider conflicts of the time also reverberated through the neighborhood, harbingers of more change yet to come. Hosted by M. Simone Boyd and Andrea Tudhope Produced, mixed and edited by Andrea Tudhope Original music by S-Wrap Additional production by Steve Haruch

People in this episode

Hosts: M. Simone Boyd, Andrea Tudhope

Topics covered

• Civil Rights
• Desegregation
• Community History
• Violence
• NAACP
• SNCC

Keywords

• Barbara Jean Watson
• Jones School
• desegregation
• NAACP
• SNCC
• Civil Rights
• North Nashville
• violence
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NAACP, SNCC

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