Research Catalog

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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Holdings

Details

Description

xiv, 186 p.; 23 cm.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Alternative Title

Room three hundred six

Subject

• African American civil rights workers > Biography
• African Americans > Memphis > Biography
• African Americans > Museums > Memphis
• Historic hotels > Memphis
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 > Homes and haunts > Memphis
• Lorraine Motel (Memphis, Tenn.) > History
• Memphis (Tenn.) > Biography
• Memphis (Tenn.) > Buildings, structures, etc
• Memphis (Tenn.) > History
• National Civil Rights Museum > History

Genre/Form

Electronic books

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9781611860498 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1611860490 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011046884

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library