Notable Black Memphians
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Notable Black Memphians By Miriam DeCosta-Willis

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Grammy Awards, 39, 57, 115, 164, 205, 207

Great Migration, 5, 122

Hamilton High School, 19, 30, 106, 149, 164, 192, 243, 303, 335, 363

Handy Park, W. C., 152, 181

Harlem, 23, 36, 111, 122, 181, 186, 223, 242

Henderson Business College, 165–166, 308, 382

Hernando Street, 9–10, 175, 321, 325, 363, 365

Holly Springs, Mississippi, 43, 53, 79, 326

Hooks Brothers Photographers, 10, 175

Hooks Cottage School, 6, 175, 187

Howard University, 57, 93, 97, 124, 135, 179, 193, 274, 302–303, 318, 337, 342

Howe Institute, 51, 134, 162, 266, 382

Hyde Park, 300, 340

Indianola, Mississippi, 10, 190, 204, 206, 212, 290, 318, 320

Iroquois Café, 10, 216, 270

Jackson, Jesse, 46, 54, 84, 375

Jackson, Tennessee, 203, 232, 326

Jet,, 71, 137, 244, 321, 355

Joysmith Gallery and Studio, 17, 201

jug bands, 8, 70, 113, 217

Kennedy Democratic Organization, 247, 378

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 14, 25–26, 47, 49, 60, 121, 124, 127, 143, 149, 184, 196, 208, 210, 230, 240, 247, 281, 304, 309, 334, 346, 355, 380

Klondyke, 37, 51, 171

Knights of Pythias, 44, 61, 308

Korean War, 87, 186, 284

Kortrecht School, 61, 68, 117, 148–149, 182, 342, 356

Ku Klux Klan, 5, 204, 275

Lane College, 58, 157, 233, 292, 325

LaRose Elementary School, 25, 57, 61, 249, 347

Lauderdale St., South, 74, 88, 144, 146, 163, 175–176, 181, 189, 196, 216, 246, 298, 338–339

Leadership Memphis, 22, 94, 156, 222, 236, 252, 278

LeMoyne Gardens Housing Project, 35, 334

LeMoyne Normal School, 6, 269, 324, 356, 366

LeMoyne-Owen College (LeMoyne College), xv, xx, 30, 32, 37, 46–47, 62–63, 66, 71, 79, 101, 106, 111, 135, 139–140, 142, 149, 169, 173–174, 176, 178–179, 188, 198, 202–203, 209, 219–223, 225, 235, 251, 255, 257, 259, 265–266, 271, 281–282, 284, 286, 293, 308–312, 315, 321, 323, 329, 336–337, 344–346, 364, 367–368, 370, 374–375, 377, 381

Lewis Park, 10, 216, 238

Lincoln League, 12–14, 81, 163, 213, 270, 371