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Room 306 : the national story of the Lorraine Motel / Ben Kamin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kamin, Ben.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American civil rights workers--Biography.
- African American civil rights workers.
- African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis--Biography.
- African Americans.
- Historic hotels--Tennessee--Memphis.
- Historic hotels.
- African Americans--Museums--Tennessee--Memphis.
- Memphis (Tenn.)--Biography.
- Memphis (Tenn.).
- Memphis (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Memphis (Tenn.)--History.
- Lorraine Motel (Memphis, Tenn.)--History.
- Lorraine Motel (Memphis, Tenn.).
- National Civil Rights Museum--History.
- National Civil Rights Museum.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Homes and haunts--Tennessee--Memphis.
- King, Martin Luther.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (202 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A tragic landmark in the civil rights movement, the Lorraine Motel in Memphis is best known for what occurred there on April 4, 1968. As he stood on the balcony of Room 306, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, ending a golden age of nonviolent resistance, and sparking riots in more than one hundred cities. Formerly a seedy, segregated motel, and prior to that a brothel, the motel quickly achieved the status of national shrine. The motel attracts a variety of pilgrims-white politicians seeking photo ops, aging civil rights leaders, New Age musicians, and visitors to its current incarn
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Motel at Mulberry and Main
- pt. 1. The History
- The King-Abernathy Suite : Billy Kyles
- Lawyer at the Lorraine : Lucius Burch
- Lover at the Lorraine : Georgia Davis Powers
- Mighty Reverend at the Lorraine : James Lawson
- pt. 2. The Transition
- Breaking the Barriers : Maxine Smith
- Saving the Lorraine, Losing the Mantle : Judge D'Army Bailey
- Endowing the Lorraine : J.R. "Pitt" Hyde
- The Lorraine Photographer : Ernest C. Withers
- pt. 3. The Rebirth
- It's a Magical Place : Julian Bond
- Filming the Lorraine : Lillian Benson
- Managing the Museum at the Lorraine : Beverly Robertson
- Producing The Witness at the Lorraine : Margaret Hyde
- Room 306 and Today's Young Artists : Craig Alan Edwards and Katori Hall
- They Got It Done : Clayborne Carson
- Afterword: The Rain Are Fallin.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781628951097
- 1628951095
- 9781609173432
- 1609173430
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