Preston Lauterbach

Preston Lauterbach is author of "Beale Street Dynasty," published March 30 by W.W. Norton & Co.

Black Voters

“Dictator of the Lincoln belt”: Meet the black political operative who orchestrated one of the great upsets in presidential election history Preston Lauterbach

Robert R. Church

A real-life Lucious Lyon: The former slave who built a Beale Street "Empire" and transformed Memphis Preston Lauterbach

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