"You don't know the South, or America's dark soul–until you've read
Dynamite Nashville. Betsy Phillips' true stories tell us who we are. Her unique voice–personal, funny and tragic–should be listened to and savored."–Former
U.S. Representative Jim Cooper
"Phillips' patience, attention to detail, and dogged determination have provided us with a work that not only describes these events in sharp detail but names the villains responsible for these cowardly actions and in many instances the villains who allowed them to fade into obscurity."
–Dr. Learotha Williams, Jr., Editor of
I'll Take You There "A Nashville historian digs into a series of unsolved bombings from the era of integration and discovers a trove of suspects, an oddly recalcitrant law enforcement agency, and a wall of silence." Pursuit magazine
"Betsy Phillips is without bounds. She investigates, researches, susses out every last detail, aggravates, needles, offends, rattles, and gives no reprieves. Don't mess with her. She is the "Pith in the Wind" voice of conscience for Nashville as you read weekly in The Scene. She was named the city's Best Historian in The Scene's "Best of Nashville" competition in 2019." Jean Roseman, Nashville History Club