Justin Jones is an activist, graduate student, and community organizer in Nashville. He came to Fisk University in 2013, where he received the John R. Lewis Scholarship for Social Activism. Inspired by its legacy of the student-led movement for civil rights, Jones became involved on campus and in community groups and spent the past nine years in Tennessee organizing campaigns for the expansion of healthcare in Tennessee, the repeal of restrictive state voter ID laws, the removal of confederate monuments, and community accountability in cases of police violence.

• Foreword by Reverend William BarberAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. We’ve Been Here Before2. Lay Your Burdens Down3. “Do not underestimate your opponent.”4. Shift Change5. Power Washing6. “Wait in the Plaza, children”7. Capitol Hill8. Back the Badge?9. “It was like we were being hunted.”10. Night Terror11. Aggravated Littering12. State of Tennessee vs. Justin JonesConclusionTimeline

Justin Jones is an activist, graduate student, and community organizer in Nashville. He came to Fisk University in 2013, where he received the John R. Lewis Scholarship for Social Activism. Inspired by its legacy of the student-led movement for civil rights, Jones became involved on campus and in community groups and spent the past nine years in Tennessee organizing campaigns for the expansion of healthcare in Tennessee, the repeal of restrictive state voter ID laws, the removal of confederate monuments, and community accountability in cases of police violence.

• Foreword by Reverend William BarberAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. We’ve Been Here Before2. Lay Your Burdens Down3. “Do not underestimate your opponent.”4. Shift Change5. Power Washing6. “Wait in the Plaza, children”7. Capitol Hill8. Back the Badge?9. “It was like we were being hunted.”10. Night Terror11. Aggravated Littering12. State of Tennessee vs. Justin JonesConclusionTimeline

Justin Jones is an activist, graduate student, and community organizer in Nashville. He came to Fisk University in 2013, where he received the John R. Lewis Scholarship for Social Activism. Inspired by its legacy of the student-led movement for civil rights, Jones became involved on campus and in community groups and spent the past nine years in Tennessee organizing campaigns for the expansion of healthcare in Tennessee, the repeal of restrictive state voter ID laws, the removal of confederate monuments, and community accountability in cases of police violence.

• Foreword by Reverend William BarberAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. We’ve Been Here Before2. Lay Your Burdens Down3. “Do not underestimate your opponent.”4. Shift Change5. Power Washing6. “Wait in the Plaza, children”7. Capitol Hill8. Back the Badge?9. “It was like we were being hunted.”10. Night Terror11. Aggravated Littering12. State of Tennessee vs. Justin JonesConclusionTimeline