Orange Mound, 21, 34, 106, 119, 163, 202, 206, 245, 266, 285, 365

Overton High School, 115, 164, 374

Owen College (S. A. Owen Junior College), 142, 183, 256–257, 265, 364, 368, 372, 377

Paige, Satchel, 28, 240, 273

Palace Theater, 8, 40, 100, 177, 305

Parkway, South, 91, 177, 208, 237, 243, 272, 313

Peabody Hotel, 31, 126, 182, 292, 345, 348, 350, 356–357, 372

Pentecostal Temple Institutional Church of God in Christ, 261, 348, 375, 382

People United to Save Humanity (PUSH), 54, 208, 278, 368

Plessy v. Ferguson,, 8, 12

Pole Bearers, 7, 275

Porter Junior High School, 61, 182, 194, 203, 249

Presley, Elvis, 53, 75, 199, 246, 263, 343, 345

Reconstruction, 5, 14, 177, 225, 275, 313, 324, 346

Redding, Otis, 36, 141, 160, 304, 373

Regional Medical Center (The Med), 17, 21, 278–280, 358, 376

Rhodes College (Southwestern at Memphis), 50, 129–130, 170, 212, 248, 266, 283, 306

Rhythm and Blues Foundation, 41, 246, 304

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 41, 141, 185, 207, 305

Roger Williams College, 52, 134, 144, 149, 165, 182, 255–256, 369

Rust College, 47, 65, 68, 189, 242, 246

Sanitation Workers’ Strike, 25–26, 106, 172, 196, 211, 227, 355, 372

Second Congregational Church, 47, 61, 74, 188, 210, 266, 270

Shelby County, 15, 25, 42, 59, 65–66, 73, 79, 82–83, 86, 118, 126, 154–155, 173, 188, 192, 202, 258, 326, 331–332, 338, 353, 369, 375, 381

Shelby County Commission, 5, 26, 191, 275, 284, 296, 313, 362

Shelby County Criminal Court, 14, 178

Shelby County Democratic Club, 14, 26, 284, 296, 320, 347, 367, 378

Shelby County Quarterly Court, 14, 313, 347

Shelby State Community College (Southwest Tennessee Community College), 110, 119, 158, 252, 285, 371

Solvent Savings Bank and Trust Company, 9, 80, 256–257, 269, 271, 321, 324, 364, 373

Soulsville U.S.A., 79, 252, 329

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 65, 129, 172, 207–208, 211–212, 230, 362

Southern Heritage Classic, 16, 194–195

Southern Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 32, 211