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Room 306 : the national story of the Lorraine Motel
- Title
- Room 306 : the national story of the Lorraine Motel / Ben Kamin.
- Author
- Kamin, Ben.
- Publication
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2012.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 186 p.; 23 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Room three hundred six
- Subjects
- Historic hotels > Tennessee > Memphis
- African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis > Biography
- Memphis (Tenn.) > Biography
- African American civil rights workers > Biography
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 > Homes and haunts > Tennessee > Memphis
- Memphis (Tenn.) > History
- African Americans > Museums > Tennessee > Memphis
- Lorraine Motel (Memphis, Tenn.) History
- National Civil Rights Museum History
- Memphis (Tenn.) > Buildings, structures, etc
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186).
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 12-1108
- ISBN
- 9781611860498 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1611860490 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011046884
- OCLC
- 762373570
- Author
- Kamin, Ben.
- Title
- Room 306 : the national story of the Lorraine Motel / Ben Kamin.
- Imprint
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186).
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 12-1108