Southern University, 24–25, 159

Spelman College, 48, 62, 135, 147, 280, 282

St. Augustine Church, 230, 288

St. Augustine High School, 158, 287–288

St. John Baptist Church, 203, 316, 343, 382

Stax Records (Museum and Music Academy), xx, 36, 53–54, 70, 91, 111, 160, 170, 177, 179, 194, 205, 264, 303–305, 329, 378

Supreme Mortgage and Realty Company, 16, 348

Tabernacle Baptist Church, 9, 11, 141, 144, 146–147, 208

Talladega College, 135, 225, 347

Teen Town Singers, 203, 303, 382

Tennessee A&I State University, 53, 90, 123, 127, 157–158, 192, 195, 277, 303, 325, 331, 352

Tennessee Black Caucus of the State Legislature, 50, 202, 362

Tennessee General Assembly, 5, 14, 50, 73, 123, 347–348, 352, 366, 371, 375

Tougaloo College, 38, 45–46, 149, 183, 255, 320

Tri-State Bank of Memphis, 10, 14, 16, 30, 119, 174, 261, 277, 312, 318, 321, 371

Tri-State Defender, xvi, xix, 71, 137, 168, 243, 297–298, 343, 349–350, 355, 368, 372, 374, 378, 382

Tri-State Fair, 183, 298

Tuskegee Institute, 41–42, 47, 171, 242, 255, 265, 325, 347

Union Protective Life Insurance Company, 16, 368, 377, 381

United States Congress, 1, 5, 25, 43, 123, 127, 210, 275

United States Supreme Court, 8, 297

Universal Life Insurance Company, 10, 16, 44, 65, 138–139, 157, 254–255, 277, 291, 318–320, 347, 365–366, 381, 383

University of Memphis (Memphis State University), 21, 37, 56, 63, 91, 94–96, 105, 109–110, 119, 121, 130, 139, 153, 164, 169, 171, 174, 189, 192–194, 219, 223, 226, 235, 243–244, 252, 266–267, 279, 281, 285, 314, 319, 341, 358–359, 367, 374

University of Mississippi, 111, 132, 137, 347

University of Tennessee, 17, 32, 47, 56, 98, 116, 156, 178, 277, 279–280, 284, 312, 334, 369, 371

University of West Tennessee, 11, 232, 368, 372, 377

Urban League, 177, 183, 255, 298, 316, 321

Vance Avenue, 92, 101–102, 216, 271–272, 337

Vaudeville, 80, 186, 305

Vietnam, 26, 121–122, 211, 304, 334

Volunteer Ticket, 15, 296, 372

Walker Avenue, 24, 89, 144, 158, 327

Waters, Muddy, 39, 76, 91, 114