Beale Street Dynasty is an essential and engaging book that goes into great depth about the glory, success and power of the black community of Memphis, Tennessee. Preston Lauterbach weaves a remarkable tale of the post–Civil War rebirth of Memphis and its struggle for civil rights in the later 19th and early 20th Centuries. This book takes a unique look at black—and—white relations, specifically on how, even though the former group was subject to a notably violent and oppressive reality, there was a capacity for a mutually beneficial relationship, especially in the realm of politics.
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