TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 29, 2024

The TBA’s next book club discussion event will take place tomorrow with Preston Lauterbach, author of “Beale Street Dynasty: Sex, Song and the Struggle for the Soul of Memphis.” The rescheduled event will take place virtually on Zoom beginning at 4 p.m. CST. Register to attend. The book, selected by TBA President Jim Barry, centers on an ex-slave who becomes the south’s first Black millionaire in Prohibition-era Memphis. Lauterbach brings history and the realities of race relations to life in his works, which also include “The Chitlin’ Circuit” and “Bluff City.” He also has co-authored three memoirs on significant figures in Black music: American blues musician and song writer Robert Johnson, Memphis soul drummer Howard Grimes, and a soon-to-be released biography of the Blind Boys of Alabama.