{"product_id":"the-peoples-plaza-sixty-two-days-of-nonviolent-resistance-by-justin-jones-first-edition-paperback-2022-vanderbilt","title":"The People's Plaza: Sixty-Two Days of Nonviolent Resistance by Justin Jones [FIRST EDITION PAPERBACK] 2022 • Vanderbilt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe People's Plaza: Sixty-Two Days of Nonviolent Resistance by Justin Jones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e[2022] VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY PRESS\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eA trade paperback original. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook is in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClean, tight, seemingly unread copy with a few scratches to cover.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom June 12, 2020, until the passage of the state law making the occupation a felony two months later, peaceful protesters set up camp at Nashville's Legislative Plaza and renamed it for Ida B. Wells.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCentral to the occupation was Justin Jones, a student of Fisk University and Vanderbilt Divinity School whose place at the forefront of the protests brought him and the occupation to the attention of the Tennessee state troopers, state and US senators, and Governor Bill Lee. The result was two months of solidarity in the face of rampant abuse, community in the face of state-sponsored terror, and standoff after standoff at the doorsteps of the people's house with those who claimed to represent them. In this, his first book, Jones describes those two revolutionary months of nonviolent resistance against a police state that sought to dehumanize its citizens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe People's Plaza\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a rumination on the abuse of power, and a vision of a more just, equitable, anti-racist Nashville--a vision that kept Jones and those with him posted on the plaza through intense heat, unprovoked arrests, vandalism, theft, and violent suppression. It is a first-person account of hope, a statement of intent, and a blueprint for nonviolent resistance in the American South and elsewhere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67700657062137,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/peoplesplaza-1.jpg?v=1794644673","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/the-peoples-plaza-sixty-two-days-of-nonviolent-resistance-by-justin-jones-first-edition-paperback-2022-vanderbilt","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}