Memphis and the Paradox of Place: Globalization in the American South

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241 index Academy Awards, 2–3, 147, 148–49, 150 African Americans: Beale Street and, 30, 123–24, 125–27, 129, 131, 135; Carnival Memphis and, 157–58, 159, 165, 168, 169– 70, 175, 183–84; census data on, 5; civic organizations and, 175–76, 178; Cotton Carnival and, 154, 170–73, 175, 176, 177–78, 183; Cotton Maker’s Jubilee and, 154, 156, 160, 169, 170, 173–80, 182–83, 185; exclusion of, 44–45, 46, 48, 99, 154, 156, 162, 170–73, 175, 176, 177–78, 182, 183, 187; filmmaking and, 151; first Memphis mayor, 50–51; first U.S. millionaire, 2, 94, 125; images of, reframed, 177–79; interstate highway system and, 66, 73; labor and, 96, 97, 98–102; music and, 2, 24, 121–22, 123–24, 126–28, 177; political participation by, 4, 14, 15, 45, 50–51, 62, 169; racialized gender images of, 172, 177, 180–83, 184; racial pride and, 170–80; rap music criticism by, 148–49; as rural outmigrants , 10, 14, 16, 25–26, 44, 45, 125–26; school systems and, 4, 46; slavery and, 12, 20, 97, 98, 189; university enrollment percentage , 4; violence against, 44, 45–46, 53, 133–34; World War I veterans, 179–80. See also Civil rights movement; Race; Racism After Freedom (Powdermaker), 29 AgriCenter at Shelby Farms, 105 Agricenter Board, 82 Agriculture, 20, 85, 97, 172. See also Cotton industry Ahlgren, Frank, 129 ‘‘Ain’t I a Woman’’ (Truth; speech), 181 Air cargo industry, 86–89, 195–96 Airline industry, 87, 89 Albany Times Union (New York state; newspaper ), 149 Alex Garvin and Association, 82 Ali, Muhammad, 193–94 Alienation, 24–25 Allenberg Cotton, 92, 93 American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, 55, 133 American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities, 107 American Legion, Post 27, 179–80 Angelou, Maya, 187 Anti-lynching campaigns, 46 Appadurai, Arjun, 23 Appalachia, 18, 121 Arbitron, 5 Arkansas, 5, 12, 13, 91, 128; educational attainment in, 111, 112 242 ⭈ Index Arlington (neighborhood), 113–14 Artesian water supplies, 15, 37, 69, 79 Associated Press, 51 Athens, Greece, 24 Atlanta, Ga., 14, 15, 37, 79, 85, 87 Attachment, place and, 70–71, 81, 83, 158 At the River I Stand (Beifuss), 28 Authenticity, 142–46, 194; economic development and, 151; symbolic economy of, 145 Automobile ownership, 72, 130 AutoZone, 94, 102 AutoZone Park, 106, 141, 185 Axton, Estelle, 2 Baby boom, 72 Bad Sam (gambler), 126 Bailey, D’Army, 53–54, 60 ‘‘Balky Mule Blues’’ (song), 180 Ballet Memphis, 31 Banking industry, 90, 91 Baptist Memorial Health Care, 106, 109 Basie, Count, 126, 132 Basketball, 4, 106, 117, 141, 144 Bass Pro Shops, 78, 118 Battle, Preston, 52–53 B. B. King’s Restaurant and Blues Club, 144 Beale Avenue, 128–29 Beale Street, 31, 53, 140, 194; African Americans and, 123–24, 125–27, 129–30, 131, 135; Cotton Maker’s Jubilee and, 173–74; cultural innovation and, 122, 123–24, 142, 151–52; devastation of, 130–39; marginalization and demonization of, 125–30; Memphis Kemet Jubilee and, 175, 184; tourism and, 85, 141–46, 152; urban renewal and, 67, 103, 130, 131–37, 139 Beale Street Baptist Church, 134, 135 ‘‘Beale Street Blues, The’’ (song), 128, 173 Beale Street Historic District, 59, 137, 140, 144–45; entertainment industry and, 85, 124, 136, 141, 142, 144, 193; as national historic landmark, 26; sports arena in, 117, 141, 144 Beale Street Landing, 81 Beale Street Music Festival, 124, 156–57 Beard, L. D., 95 Beauregard, Paul (DJ Paul), 147 Beaux Arts design, 69 Beethoven, Ludwig van, 24 Beifuss, Joan, 28 Belafonte, Harry, 58 Belz, Jack, 95, 140, 141 Benjamin L. Hooks Public Library, 61–63 Benton, P. J., 146 Beverly Hillbillies, The (television program and film), 19 Bible Belt, 18, 44 Biles, Roger, 28 Bioinformatics, 110 Biotechnology industry, 2, 85, 86, 105–6, 109–10, 194 Black Boy (Wright), 33, 62 Black Carrie (performer), 145 Black debutante organizations, 184 Black Entertainment Network, 151 Black Snake Moan (film), 118, 147, 149 Bland, Bobby, 126 ‘‘Blighted area’’ designation, 66 Blues: African Americans and, 2, 24, 121– 22, 127, 128, 177; Beale Street and, 124, 131, 145; as Cotton Maker’s Jubilee theme, 173, 177; films and, 149; global flows and, 24–25, 151; Memphis musical heritage and, 1, 26, 35, 85, 146, 193; mule imagery in, 180 Blues City Café, 144 Blues First, 145 Blues Foundation, 145 Boll weevils, 160 Bomar, Scott, 147 Bond, Julian, 58 Bondsmen, 97 Bono, 58 Booker T. and...