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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 15, 2024

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell announced Saturday that he has asked the Metro Nashville Police Department’s Cold Case Unit to reopen an investigation into three segregation-era bombings, the Nashville Banner reports. The news came during an event with Betsy Phillips, author of the new book “Dynamite Nashville: Unmasking the FBI, the KKK, and the Bombers Beyond Their Control,” which raises questions about why bombings at Hattie Cotton Elementary, the Jewish Community Center and the home of civil rights lawyer Z. Alexander Looby were never solved. In making the announcement, O’Connell said, “For 64 years, the question of who is responsible for three bombings has gone unresolved. The book doesn't have all the answers, but it can be the beginning of new discovery and a new conversation.”