On January 5, 2021, a private jet took off from Memphis, headed for Washington, D.C. Onboard were eight members of Memphis’s country-club elite, on their way to answer the call issued by former president Trump to “Stop the Steal.” VFArchive VFArchive
Despite the projected grandeur, sources paint a picture of a weeklong country club bacchanal, during which men dressed as boll weevils—an insect parasitic to cotton—run around causing mischief. “The Secret Order of Boll Weevils was founded in 1966 as a secret society. The initial mission was to have mischievous fun with the Memphis Cotton Carnival elite, crash their parties, and make Memphis Cotton Carnival a little more colorful experience ,” the Carnival Memphis website reads.
There has never been a Black king or queen of Carnival Memphis, according to several people.
As McKinney notes, Memphis, on the banks of the Mississippi, “cut its teeth as a distribution center,” but it also functioned as a major hub for selling people into slavery. “Those two things come together to shape the dynamics of race and power in Memphis,” McKinney explains. The largest employer in Memphis is Federal Express, which reinforces that interplay, McKinney argues. “We need low-wage workers. We need Black people; we need Black people encased in a lower socioeconomic caste,” he says.
A third-generation “George,” Zanone had a family farm in Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas—a literal plantation—and a business entity called Zanone Plantation LLC, per court documents. According to an obituary, his father, George Zanone Jr., “held considerable influence in his community“ and “was also known for his generous Southern hospitality, always welcoming friends to the lake house and hosting impromptu parties and dinners.
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