Memphis in "There Was a Queen" (Location)

Founded in 1819, Memphis, Tennessee, had over 250,000 residents in 1930, making it the closest big city to Yoknapatawpha. In Faulkner's fiction, it is the place to which a number of black characters move (including Elnora's son Joby), and also the place where people from Jefferson went to misbehave (as Narcissa does). Beale Street was well-known for its black-owned shops and clubs, and the music that could be heard in them (including W. C. Handy's "Beale Street Blues").