She was fourteen years old. Later,after Elvis had finished his army service, she came to live with him in Memphis.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

Benjamin Hooks was born in Memphis,Tennessee, at a time when the southern city discriminated against blacks in all areas of public life.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

On April 4th, 1968, the Reverend King was in Memphis, Tennessee, to organize a workers' strike.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

Visitors can see King's very first guitar at the Rock and Soul Museum in Memphis,Tennessee.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

Hundreds of thousands of people still visit his home,Graceland, in Memphis every year.

VOA: special.2010.04.04

Koko Taylor began singing gospel and blues music as a child in Memphis,Tennessee.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

Koko Taylor gave her last performance on May 7 at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

Elvis Presley,only 42 years old, died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis,Tennessee on August 16,1977.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

Benjamin Hooks was born in 1925 in Memphis,Tennessee - a city,like most in the racially- segregated American South at the time, that discriminated against African-Americans in all areas of public life.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

The first chance I got, I took the bus up to Memphis to see her perform in that show.

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