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- 3. This world champion is crowned at Memphis in May contest
- 5. Motel where MLK was slain
- 9. Indian tribe indigenous to Tennessee
- 12. Largest city on the Mississippi River
- 13. "King of Rock and Roll"
- 14. Epidemics of ________ fever devastated Memphis in 1870s
- 16. Park and Zoo named after one of Memphis' founders
- 17. "Boss" in Memphis politics from 1910s-1950s
- 19. Multinational courier, Memphis' largest employer
- 21. Major economy of antebellum South
- 23. Memphis in______, Memphis' month-long series of events promoting the city
- 24. Al_____, nickname after infamous scalding by girlfriend
- 28. TV show featuring Isaac Hayes in the 1970s-1980s
- 29. Memphis ________,"greatest soul horn section ever"
- 31. _______ Law, former TV series filmed in Memphis starring Jimmy Smits
- 33. Memphis ________, 1990 war film starring Harry Connick,Jr
- 35. Memphis Museum dedicated to this movement in the 1960s
- 36. _______ Waters "Father" of modern Chicago blues
- 37. _______ Temple, MLK gave his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech here
- 38. Legendary Memphis recording company
- 39. Memphis' NBA team
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- 1. _______ Brothers, Belushi movie featuring the "Memphis sound"
- 2. Elvis' Memphis Home
- 4. Memphis' famous blues street
- 6. Green _______, song co-written by Booker T. Jones
- 7. Memphis is international headquarters of this Church
- 8. Tri-State ________, Memphis weekly newspaper serving African American Community
- 10. WC ______, "Father" of the Blues
- 11. Danny ______, founder of Memphis' St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- 15. ________-Owen, Memphis historically black college founded 1871
- 18. Home to lobby ducks
- 20. St. Jude _______, patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes
- 22. ________ Mound, First neighborhood in American built by and for African-Americans
- 25. _______ Man, a "Song of the Century," written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter
- 26. "Black Moses"
- 27. 7th US President and one of Memphis' founders
- 30. ________Life Insurance Co, founded in Memphis in 1923 to "improve the economic condition of people of color"
- 32. Carla and Rufus
- 34. Memphis was named after ancient capital in this country
