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Kamin, Ben.

Room 306 the national story of the Lorraine Motel / [electronic resource] : Ben Kamin. - East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (p. cm.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

9781609173432


King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 --Homes and haunts--Tennessee--Memphis.


National Civil Rights Museum--History.
Lorraine Motel (Memphis, Tenn.)--History.


African Americans--Museums--Tennessee--Memphis.
Historic hotels--Tennessee--Memphis.
African Americans--Tennessee--Memphis--Biography.
African American civil rights workers--Biography.


Memphis (Tenn.)--History.
Memphis (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Memphis (Tenn.)--Biography.


Electronic books.

F444.M58 / L675 2012

910.4609768/19