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Author Kamin, Ben
Title Room 306 : The National Story of the Lorraine Motel
Imprint East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2012
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Note Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: The Motel at Mulberry and Main -- Part 1: The History -- 1. The King-Abernathy Suite: Billy Kyles -- 2. Lawyer at the Lorraine: Lucius Burch -- 3. Lover at the Lorraine: Georgia Davis Powers -- 4. Mighty Reverend at the Lorraine: James Lawson -- Part 2: The Transition -- 5. Breaking the Barriers: Maxine Smith -- 6. Saving the Lorraine, Losing the Mantle: Judge D'Army Bailey -- 7. Endowing the Lorraine: J. R. "Pitt" Hyde -- 8. The Lorraine Photographer: Ernest C. Withers -- Part 3: The Rebirth -- 9. It's a Magical Place: Julian Bond -- 10. Filming the Lorraine: Lillian Benson -- 11. Managing the Museum at the Lorraine: Beverly Robertson -- 12. Producing The Witness at the Lorraine: Margaret Hyde -- 13. Room 306 and Today's Young Artists: Craig Alan Edwards and Katori Hall -- 14. They Got It Done: Clayborne Carson -- Afterword: The Rain Are Fallin -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
Link Print version: Kamin, Ben Room 306 : The National Story of the Lorraine Motel East Lansing : Michigan State University Press,c2012 9781611860498
Subject King, Martin Luther, -- Jr., -- 1929-1968 -- Homes and haunts -- Tennessee -- Memphis.;Lorraine Motel (Memphis, Tenn.) -- History.;National Civil Rights Museum -- History.;African American civil rights workers -- Biography.;African Americans -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Biography.;Historic hotels -- Tennessee -- Memphis.;African Americans -- Museums -- Tennessee -- Memphis
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