Episode Two: Eminent Domain

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of eminent domain on families in North Nashville, focusing on personal stories of displacement and resilience.

Thomas Wilson remembers seeing a white man pound a stake into the ground between a local school and the home where he lived with his parents. A fence went up, dividing the houses that would be demolished to make way for the construction of I-40 and those that would be spared. His family was forced out of their own house. Cheryl McReynolds' childhood home missed the same fate by just three houses. She still lives there today, keeping hope for renewal and remembrance in a rapidly gentrifying part of the city. 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

• eminent domain
• gentrification
• community displacement
• childhood memories
• urban development

Keywords

• eminent domain
• gentrification
• Nashville
• community
• displacement
• urban development
• childhood

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: S-Wrap

Books & works: I-40

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