A Brief History of Memphis
G. Wayne Dowdy is the senior manager of the Memphis Public Library and Information Center's history department and Memphis and Shelby County Room. He holds a master's degree in history from the University of Arkansas and is a certified archives manager. He is the author ofHidden History of Memphis, Mayor Crump Don't Like It: Machine Politics in Memphis and Crusades for Freedom: Memphisand thePolitical Transformation of the American South. Dowdy has served as a consultant for the NBC-TV seriesWho Do You Think You Are?and has appeared in the documentariesOverton Park: A Century of Change, Memphis Memoirs: DowntownandCitizens Not Subjects: Reawakening Democracy in Memphis.