To Jack, Ellery, William, Francis, Isaac, and Michael

Brutus, Caesar, and Diesel

Shahkora and Mohammad Iqbal, Nargis, Saeeda,
Shahid, and Noreen

Ken & Gingie and Mark & Millie

And to the family and friends who remain our
wellsprings of inspiration

In memoriam

To Lorrie DeGraffenreid Tubbs, teacher and principal, who was one of the initial white teachers to go into Memphis's historically black schools at the initiation of desegregation