Southern Crossroads in the News

A Year of Avoiding Eviction in Tennessee

“For one family, the CDC moratorium has been essential. It’s about to expire.”

- Oliver Whang | The New Yorker | July 30, 2021

Voters Express Hope, Joy, Skepticism Over Biden Victory

-Robin Young | Here and Now | November 9, 2020

Connections with Renee Shaw

Host Renee Shaw speaks with Beth Howard and Michael Harrington from Southern Crossroads and Rednecks for Black Lives about building community power and multi-racial alliances among poor and working-class people in the South. She also follows up with activist and hip hop artist Devine Carama, who walked across Kentucky to promote voter awareness and racial justice.

- KET | October 18, 2020

'Rednecks For Black Lives' Urges Southerners To Fight For Racial Justice

-Robin Young | Here and Now | July 27, 2020

‘Rednecks for Black Lives’: How Kentucky is embracing the Black Lives Matter protests

- Chris Kenning | Louisville Courier Journal | June 11, 2020

In Search Of Cheaper Rent, Residents In One Rural Community Find They’ve Left Protections Behind

— Meribah Knight | Nashville Public Radio | January 27, 2020

"Rednecks for Black Lives" featuring Beth Howard

- Borrowed Wisdom with Robert Barry Fleming | Actors Theatre | Nov 3, 2020

Rednecks for Black Lives Rallies White Southerners for Racial Justice

Organizer Beth Howard is calling on her fellow ‘rednecks’ and ‘hillbillies’ to stand up for Black lives

- NowThis | September 11, 2020

White Americans Say They Are Waking Up to Racism. What Will It Add Up To?

- Amy Harmon and Audra D. S. Burch | The New York Times | June 22, 2020

Community takes down neo-Nazis and slumlords in rural Tennessee

— Katie Myers | Scalawag | March 9, 2020

Local group in Bedford County calls for change to squalid renters conditions

— Linda Ong | WKRN | January 22, 2020