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8 Belmont L. Rev. 1 (2020-2021)

handle is hein.journals/belmolre8 and id is 1 raw text is: ARTICLES ONE MILE NORTH CAMPBELL HAYNES* Interstate 40 stretches across the entire country. This article concerns one small stretch of that interstate: a short kink in the road that occurs in Nashville, Tennessee. That kink the result of a planning decision to move the road's route one mile to the north delivered an immense physical and psychological blow to Nashville's black community. North Nashville (which this kink cut right through) lost six hundred homes and six churches; over a hundred businesses closed, and over a thousand people were displaced. This sort of destruction frequently occurred during the era of interstate construction. Often, 'freeway revolts arose in response to the threat of interstate construction. These revolts frequently used all available political and legal levers to block, delay, or slow down interstate construction. In North Nashville, however, the freeway revolt was too late and too short to make a difference. Why? This article uses primary documents from Nashville planners and the Supreme Court and contemporary and historical accounts of the controversy to answer that question. The story of the planning and construction of I-40 will reveal the segregation-fueled violations of law that doomed the political and legal * For inspiration, I owe thanks to Tiana Clark, Steven Hale, and Dayna Bowen Matthew. For helpful conversations and patient feedback, I owe thanks to Swapnil Agrawal, Molly Brady, Lauren Egan, Sharon Hurt, Lonnell Matthews Jr., Jianne McDonald, Jordan Minot, Anna Noone, Spencer Ryan, Varun Sharma, Zulfat Suara, Michael Weisbuch, Learotha Williams Jr., and Linda Wynn. For diligent editing, I owe thanks to Taylor Cross and the entire staff of the Belmont Law Review. I owe a special thanks to Richard Schragger, whose guidance made this article possible, and the late, great Reavis Mitchell Jr., whose encouragement meant the world to me and whose wealth of knowledge made this article far better. Any errors in this article are my own. 1

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