Beale Street Dynasty - Sex, Song, and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis (Paperback)

Between Reconstruction and Prohibition, Beale Street in Memphis thrived as a cauldron of sex and song, greed and race hatred-a street that inspired folk legends and reshaped American politics. Preston Lauterbach tells this story through the life of the South's first black millionaire, an ex-slave named Robert Church. With a compromised fortune gleaned from brothels and gambling houses, Church and his son bankrolled militant civil rights activism, furnished the venues where W.C. Handy invented the blues and built a powerful black political machine. Fighting to redeem themselves and their city, these vice kings clashed with the forces of Jim Crow to create a hotbed of black culture. Brilliantly researched, Beale Street Dynasty evokes a lost world of swaggering musicians, glamorous madams and ruthless politicians.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2016
Authors:	Preston Lauterbach
Dimensions:	211 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	384
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-35213-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-393-35213-7
Barcode:	9780393352139

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