Famous Flames see Brown, James
Faubus, Orval 183
FBI 104, 119, 140, 141, 202, 275
and John Carlos 249
and Memphis Invaders 82, 235
and James Earl Ray 149, 150, 160
and Ernest Withers 123–8
arresting John Baylor 288
Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO) 84, 89, 112, 124, 126, 159, 238
infiltrating Memphis Invaders 84–9, 112, 113, 278
Feather, Leonard 252
Federal Aviation Agency 19
Ferguson, John Henry 83, 234
Ferry, Bryan 60
Fifth Dimension 44
Fillmore East 198
Fillmore West 21, 74, 198
Finley, Bernell 148–50
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co 43, 69, 121
First Baptist Church of Memphis 2
Flamingo Rooms 86, 100
Fletcher, Tony 56
Floyd, Eddie 33, 51, 55, 103, 158, 185, 194, 197, 264, 270, 294
Fontana, D.J. 273
Ford, John 168, 171
Foreman, George 117
Four Tops 185, 239, 287
Fowler Homes Project 77
Francisco, Dr Jerry 107
Franklin, Aretha 11, 52, 60, 103, 160, 188, 257, 262, 271
and Otis Redding 32, 33
and Dusty Springfield 271
Best Female Vocalist 223, 227
critical of Mahalia Jackson 258
signed by Atlantic 182
supporting strikers 70
Franklin, Carolyn 32
Franklin, Reverend C.L. 70
Fraser, Richard 22
Frazier, Joe 292
Freedman, Jill 210
Frey, John 233
Friedman, Josh Alan 219
Frierson, Johnnie 261
Frierson, Mary (Wendy Rene) 17, 147, 260
Full Gospel Tabernacle Church 267
Fullmer, Gene 216
Funkadelic 284
G-Men see Ingram
Gallagher, Rory 74
Garvey, Marcus 184
Gatewood, Leo 188
Gaye, Marvin 54, 59, 86, 132, 158, 169, 176, 187, 239, 258, 265, 273, 284, 287
Godard, Jean-Luc 174
Golden Thirteen 198
Goldwax Records 3, 9, 11–13, 207
Goodfellas Campaign 276
Goodman, Gloria Faye 235
Gordon, Robert 11, 30, 36, 162, 181, 194, 219
Gordy, Berry 33, 131, 184
Gospel Truth Records 289
Graceland 36, 153
Graham, Julius 148–50
Grammy Awards 177
Grand Ole Opry 27
Grateful Dead 74
Gray, Robert 3
Green, Al 100, 132, 252, 257–9, 264–7
Green, Julius 80, 82
Green, Sonny 143
Greenberg, Florence 190
Greene, Charles 244
Gregory, Dick 260
Gregory, Elester 41
Grim Reapers (band) 19
Grimes, Howard 251
The Guardian (newspaper) 221, 289
Gulf & Western Corporation 190, 192–4, 196
Gulf Oil 256
Guralnick, Peter 8, 12
Haircut 100 34
Hall, Carl 50
Hall, Horace 277
Hall, Rick 58
Hall, Lt Tom 115
Hall, Willie 36, 73
Hamilton, Chico 196
Hamilton, Forest Jr 196
Hamilton, Jack 22
Hamilton High School 90, 91
Hampton, Lionel 125
Handy, W.C. 2, 70, 71, 90
Hank, Little 114
Harlem Globetrotters 103
Harmony Echoes 9, 11
Harmony Kings 72
Harper & Row (publishers) 141
Harrell, Edwina Jeannetta 85
Harrington, Charles ‘Izzy’ 93, 104, 115
Harris, Betty 225
Harrison, George 239
Hartmann, Douglas 249
Harwell, Joseph 290
Hayes, Emily 291
Hayes, Isaac 19, 31, 100, 157, 202, 205, 216, 231, 237, 249, 250, 253, 289
and Luther Ingram 221
and Margie Joseph 263
and Martin Luther King 144, 163
and striking workers 68, 152, 161
at Lorraine Motel 103
‘Black Moses’ 198, 229, 285, 292
critical of Atlantic artists 53
declared bankrupt 291
deconstructing pop classics 239, 263, 264
developing soul music 61
forming Black Knights 153
Hot Buttered Soul album 270, 279, 282–5
solo career 229
winning Oscar 176–8, 288
Haygood, Will 216
Hazlewood, Lee 188
Hells Angels 85
Henderson, Harvey 36
Henderson, Jocko 218
Hendrix, Jimi 54, 73, 74, 79, 198
Hi Records 7, 13, 79, 100, 250–2, 258, 261, 262, 273, 288
Hib Records 219
Higgins, Monk 101
Highway QCs 133
Hill, Big Bill 74
Hill, Z.Z. 135
Hines, Ernie 197
Hines, Jim 244
Hinton, Joe 103
Hippodrome 125
Hirohito, Emperor of Japan 259
Hodge, Charlie 273
Hodges Brothers 13
Holiday, Billie 135
Holloman, Frank 112, 275
Honey, Michael K. 39
Hooker, John Lee 31, 207, 270
Hoover, J. Edgar 85, 112, 113, 275
hatred of Martin Luther King 112, 113, 138
Horton, Judge Odell 235
Hoskyns, Barney 27, 28
Hot Buttered Toast Ltd 291
Hot Line Music Journal 265
House, Son 207
House Un-American Activities Committee 171
Houston, Cissy 188
Howard University 86, 185
Howlin’ Wolf 71, 124, 262, 271
Hughes, Billy 135
Hughes, Jimmy 263
Humphrey, Hubert 20, 34
Hunt, Tommy 190
Hunter, Ivory Joe 122
Hurd, Bill 243–5, 247–9, 253
Hutton, Bobby 233
Ice Cube (rapper) 283
Impel Records 143
Impressions, The 78
In the Groove Boys 72
Ingram, Luther 219–21, 229, 289
and the G-Men 114, 220
Ingram, William B. 3
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 199, 288, 290, 291
International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics 277
Interstate Blood Bank 2, 5, 6, 13
Intruders, The 45
Isbell, Alvertis see Bell, Al
Islam, Nation of 126
Ivory, Lee 34
Jackson, Al Jr 31, 292–4
Jackson, Barbara 293
Jackson, Chuck 59, 143, 187, 190, 218
Jackson, Reverend Jesse 99, 101, 144, 184, 186
and Operation Breadbasket
97, 98, 195, 223
at killing of Martin Luther King 106, 107, 110, 118, 127, 142
at Resurrection City 209
at Wattastax 199
joining protest march 144
Jackson, Mahalia 102, 145, 255–62, 264, 267
Jackson, Michael 176
Jackson, Millie 136, 207, 283, 284
Jackson, Raymond 68, 79, 85, 137, 138, 289
Jackson, Samuel L. 88
Jackson, Skip and the Shantons 143
Jackson, Wayne 24, 27, 30, 75, 100, 250
Jagger, Mick 54
James, Etta 73
James, Fanita 273
Jamison, Roosevelt 1–13, 100, 207
Jeanne and the Darlings 186, 263, 273
Jefferson Airplane 74
Jenkins, Johnny 24, 86
and his Pinetoppers 24
; Jensen, Robert 150
Jimi Hendrix Experience 54
John, Mable 33, 103, 111, 131, 270
John, Little Willie 189, 258
John, Sleepy-Eyed 237
John Gaston Hospital 6, 41, 45, 157
Johnson, Lyndon B. 113, 158
Johnson, Nat see Doyle
Johnson, Robert 25
Johnson, Terry 30
Jones, Booker T. 21, 31, 34, 86, 163, 165–78, 186, 228, 294
in Paris 169–78
Jones, E. Rodney 98, 186, 218
Jones, Glenda 274
Jones, Glenn 199
Jones, James Earl 172
Jones, Jimmy 197
Jones, L.D. 94
Jones, Linda 50
Jones, Lizzie 115
Jones, Quincy 169
Jones, Solomon 106, 140
Jones, Thomas Oliver ‘T.O.’ 43
Jones, Tom 60
Jones, Walter Forrest 274, 275
Joplin, Janis 74, 198, 278–81
Joseph, Margie 262–4
Jubilee Hummingbirds 9
Jug Stompers 71
Kamin, Ben 142
Kaufman, Whitey 136
Kay, Sandy 73, 168, 228
Kelly, Herman 220
Kelly, Matthew 22, 36
Kelly, Paul 258
Kemmerer Corporation 101
Kennedy, John F. 119, 259
Kennedy, Robert 113, 273
Keys, Alicia 261
King, Albert (Albert Nelson) 65–75, 198
King, Alfred Daniel ‘A.D.’ 104–6, 110, 142
King, B.B. 2, 44, 60, 70, 71, 125
King, Ben E. 50
King, Bill 278, 279
King, Coretta Scott 141, 142, 144, 152, 161, 209–11, 223
King, Jean 273
King, Jimmy 22
King, Martin Luther 27, 47, 68, 69, 79, 97, 118, 123, 132, 134, 184, 199, 206, 273
and Memphis 44, 89, 90, 95
and Olympic Games 247
and ‘Precious Lord’ 102
and the SCLC 87, 93
at Lorraine Motel 103–7
awarded Nobel Peace Prize 112, 138
death of 107, 109, 110, 115–17, 119, 121, 127, 128, 142, 149–52, 155–58, 160–3, 165, 169, 172, 176, 194, 195, 201, 202, 220, 233, 234, 274, 275, 281, 284
denouncing Vietnam War 124
funeral of 141, 144, 145, 172
hated by Hoover 112, 113, 138–40
hunt for assassin 159
‘I Have a Dream’ speech 211
James Earl Ray convicted of murder 150
march on Washington 205
‘Mountaintop’ speech 98, 99, 107, 141
speech to NATRA convention 189, 190, 222
‘Time to break the silence’ speech 124
King, Solomon 50, 56, 132
Kinney National 51
Knight, Frederick 197
Knight, Gladys 257, 283
KNOK-970 radio station 80
Ko-Ko Records 219–21, 229, 289
KOKY radio station 183
Kot, Greg 198
Kozmic Blues Band 278
Ku Klux Klan 159–61
Kyles, Reverend Samuel ‘Billy’ 68, 92, 105, 106, 110
LaBelle, Patti 188
Lake Monona 16, 20, 23
Lance, Major 292
Langlois, Henri 174
Lansky’s tailors 3, 19
Largos, The 251
LaSalle, Denise (Ora Allen) 135, 284, 293
Latimore, Benny 59, 135
Lawrence, William H. 123, 128
Lawson, Reverend James 67–9, 91–3, 104, 140
Le Moyne College 85
Lean, David 276
Lee, Larry 79
Legrand, Michel 177
Leiber, Jerry 10, 219
Lennon, John 134, 135
Lester High School 91
Lewis, Furry 71
Lewis, R.S. & Sons 140, 144
Lincoln Memorial 211
Lisle, Andria 152, 157, 162, 183, 251, 265, 292
Little, Booker 250
Little, Malcolm see Malcolm X
Little Rock High School, integration of 123, 151, 182
Loeb, Henry (mayor) 3–5, 42, 43, 67, 78, 92, 159, 161, 234, 269
receiving death threats 155, 156
supporting censorship 134
supporting segregation 4, 5, 42
Logan, Albert 89
Logan, Marian 89
Loma Records 50
Loren, Sophia 276, 277
Lorraine Motel 93, 102–7, 117, 121, 127, 141, 142, 147–51, 157, 162, 163, 257
Los Angeles Coliseum 197
Louis, Anita 208
Louis, Joe 122
Louw, Joseph 127
Love (band) 198
Love, Darlene 273
Lowe, Howell 126
Lunceford, Jimmie 252
Lyndell, Linda (Rowland) 160
Mabern, Harold 250
Mabone, Benny 157
Maceo Wood Singers 68
Mad Lads, The 51, 87, 122, 177, 239, 287
and Vietnam 79, 80, 82, 110, 288
group reformed 240
joining protest march 161
linked to drugs raid 115
linked to Memphis Invaders 205, 232
Mafundi Institute 196
Mahara’s Minstrels 71
Makeba, Miriam 117
Malaco Records 135
Malcolm X (Malcolm Little) 119
Malone, Deadric 219
Manassas High School 69, 91, 121, 153, 202, 243, 246, 249–53, 261
Mancini, Lenny ‘Boom Boom’ 216
Manning, Deborah 197
Maoism 165, 169
Marcus, Greil 29
Mar-Keys, The 30, 36, 100, 260
Marsalis, Wynton 73
Marsh, Dave 20
Martha and the Vandellas 60
Martin, Dean 272
Martin, Derek 78
Marx, Maria 174
Mason, Barbara 135
Mason, Gene 282
Mason Temple 68, 70, 98, 106, 261
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 244
Massive Attack 284
Mathews, Tarlease (Adjua Abi Naantaanbuu) 140–4
Mayall, John 74
Maybelle, Big 271
Mayfield, Curtis 176, 284
Mayfield, Julian 172
McCarthyism 5, 171
McCartney, Paul 34
McCollough, Marrell (Agent 500) 88, 89, 104, 110, 111–18, 128, 238
McCord, Louise 197
McDaniel, Hattie 177
McDuff, Brother Jack 167
McKenzie, Oree 83, 115, 232, 234, 236
MacLachlan, Janet 172
McPherson, Harry C. 113
McPhatter, Clyde 52
Medeski, John 167
Mel and Tim 143
Melody Maker (magazine) 20
Melrose High School 244
Memphis
a city divided 5, 78
Department of Public Works 41, 67
electric storm 98
major snowstorm in 65–70
population growth 269
protest marches 90, 91
racial integration in 2, 26
rail deaths in 82
riots in 83, 84, 92–5, 144, 152–7, 172
segregation as a constant 26, 27, 274
serious levels of poverty 203, 204
Memphis Black Knights 153
Memphis City Council 45, 46
Memphis City Zoo 140
Memphis Country Blues Festival 74, 75
Memphis Horns 25, 30
Memphis Invaders 40, 69, 79, 87–9, 110, 111, 114–18, 168, 203–5, 212, 232, 233, 240, 249, 260, 278, 288
and FBI 159
and Martin Luther King 93, 104, 105, 116
and Juanita Miller 201–3
and Vietnam 83–5, 87
and SCLC 117
drugs bust and trial 115, 234–8, 277
recruiting at schools
78, 91
Memphis Labor Temple 43
Memphis Police Department 116, 150, 154, 155
and Al Jackson 292
and Walter Jones 275
and Martin Luther King 117–19, 140, 149
and Larry Payne 94
heavy-handed approach 233
infiltrating Black Power groups 85, 109, 111
Red Squad 112
Memphis Press-Scimitar (newspaper) 41, 82, 259, 276
Memphis State University 46, 89, 111, 126, 203
Memphis Welfare Rights Organization 203
Mercer, Johnny 136
Mercouri, Melina 168, 170, 171
Mercury, Eric 197
Meredith, James 78
Messick High School 29
Meters, The 225
M.G.’s see Booker T
Middle Baptist Church 203
Middlebrook, Reverend Harold 69, 202, 203
Middleton, Gene 160
Mid-South Coliseum 10, 45, 79, 125, 278, 279, 292
Mighty Panthers 24
Milburn, Amos 135
Miller, Gene ‘Bowlegs’ 2, 262
Miller, Juanita 201–5, 208, 209
Milton, Little 262
Miracles, The see Smokey Robinson
Mississippi State Band Directors’ Association 100
Mississippi State University 100, 155
Missouri State Penitentiary 119, 149
Mitchell, Willie 7, 13, 79, 99, 100, 152, 226, 250–2, 262, 265–7, 288
Mitchell Road High School 77, 78
Moman, Chips 9, 11, 86, 148, 150, 237, 271
Mondie, Wilbur 261
Monroe, Marilyn 50
Monterey Pop Festival 20, 74
Montgomery, Dwight 46
Monumental Baptist Church 68
Moody Blues 222
Moonglows, The 148
Moore, Dorothy 135
Moore, Gatemouth 6, 44
Moore, George C. 88
Moore, Jackie 160
Moore, Sam (see also Sam and Dave) 59, 61
Moore, Scotty 273
Morehouse College 87, 88, 93, 145
Morris, Sheriff William 155
Mother’s Day March 210
Motion Picture Association of America 190
Motown Corporation 131
Moultrie, Sam 158
Murray, Mickey 223
Muscular Dystrophy Mother 276
Myers, Marx 167
Mystics, The 185
Naantaanbuu, Adjua Abi see Mathews, Tarlease
The Nation (magazine) 113
National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples (NAACP) 44, 46, 67, 84, 140, 162, 256
National Association of Television and Radio Announcers (NATRA) 189, 190, 195, 221–9, 262
violence at convention 224–8
National Civil Rights Museum 163
National Guard 69, 92, 123, 152, 155, 157, 182, 233
National Park Service 208
National States Right Party 159, 160
Neely, Don 84
Negro League baseball 121
Neighborhood Organizing Project 116, 234
Nelson, Albert see King, Albert
Neville Brothers 263
New Daisy Theater 2
The New York Times (magazine) 11, 209
Newborn, Phineas Jr 250–2
Newcomers, The 197
Newman, David ‘Demon’ 160, 161
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