Between Reconstruction and Prohibition, Beale Street in Memphis thrived as a strip with a unique Soul that reshaped American culture.
A thrilling narrative history, Beale Street Dynasty tells an intriguing, previously unknown story about race in an American city..
Preston Lauterbach recounts the rise and fall of Beale Street through the life of the South\'s first black millionaire, an ex-slave who built an underworld dynasty in the booming river town and created a space for black culture to flourish.
Between Reconstruction and Prohibition, Beale Street in Memphis thrived as a strip with a unique Soul that reshaped American culture