He basically said when they enforced prohibition here, several thousand prostitutes left Memphis and went to St. Louis.

Some of the bricks that W.C. Handy and all those other dudes were walking on are now like six feet deep.

This area around Beale Street was a notorious red-light district. It's all part of the lore of Beale Street.

Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have now.

All I kin git out o' the Wickersham position on prohibition is that the distinguished jurist seems to feel that if we'd let 'em have it the problem o' keepin' 'em from gitten;' it would be greatly simplified

I would encourage those who are affected by this to go to the Supreme Court and question this absolute prohibition, in effect, of 'no permit-no rally' because this goes beyond reasonable restraint for common good,