Beale Street Dynasty: Sex, Song, and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis

Between Reconstruction and Prohibition, Beale Street in Memphis thrived as a strip with a unique soul that reshaped American culture. Preston Lauterbach recounts the rise and fall of Beale Street through the life of the South’s first black millionaire, an ex-slave who built an underworld dynasty in the booming river town and created a space for black culture to flourish. A thrilling narrative history, Beale Street Dynasty tells an intriguing, previously unknown story about race in an American city.

Author: Preston Lauterbach
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 03/07/2016
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780393352139
Language: English