Central High School, 104, 329, 341, 350

Chickasaw, 1–2, 127, 199, 228, 244, 323

Church of God in Christ (COGIC), 9, 115, 203–204, 238–239, 259–261, 348, 375, 382–383

Church’s Park and Auditorium, 9, 308, 323, 363

Civil Rights Bill, 5, 276

civil rights movement, 13, 46, 104, 111, 116, 135, 172, 184, 196, 208, 210–211, 230, 247, 250–251, 281, 288, 294, 296, 298, 310–311, 337, 349–350, 355, 372–374

Civil War, 4, 7, 79–80, 126, 132–133, 167, 274–275, 323, 336, 361, 372

Club Paradise, 100, 180, 246, 373

Collins Chapel C.M.E. Church, 7, 9, 172, 185, 216, 237, 293, 302, 373

Collins Chapel Hospital, 11, 144, 236, 243

Colored Benevolent Society, 7, 163, 175, 324

Commercial Appeal,, 25, 139, 168, 215, 250, 292, 322, 350, 357, 368, 375

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), 67, 117, 294

Cooke, Sam, 140, 317

Cotton Makers’ Jubilee, 8, 166, 315, 380, 383

Council of Civic Clubs, 14, 46, 378

Crump, Edward H. “Boss,”, 12–13, 82, 134, 151, 176, 182, 199, 237, 350

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, 54, 67, 84, 143, 201, 243

Depression, 10, 13, 40, 42, 70, 82, 227, 282

Ebony,, 38, 67, 71, 83, 109–110, 124, 194, 244, 262, 278, 309, 319, 353, 355, 375

Elks, 177, 181, 213, 258

Elmwood Cemetery, 42, 73, 216, 229, 237, 272, 311, 351

Emma Wilburn Funeral Home, 10, 339

Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 42, 275

Essence,, 96, 110, 307, 362

Evers, Medgar, 46, 281, 355

Father Bertrand High School, 155–156, 230, 279, 377

Federal Express Corporation, 17, 94, 108, 375

First Baptist Church Lauderdale, 133, 298, 364

Fisk Jubilee Singers, 242, 336

Fisk University, 6, 32, 50, 54, 60, 164, 174, 209, 215, 220, 228, 242, 277, 318–319, 336

Foote Homes, 135, 208, 287, 303, 326

Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 3–4

Fraternal Bank and Trust Company, 9–10, 378

Geeter High School, 118, 123, 126, 176

Georgia Avenue School, 192, 272, 309, 372

Gilliam Communications, Inc., 16, 139