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UNINA9910462039803321 |
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Kamin Ben |
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Room 306 [[electronic resource] ] : the national story of the Lorraine Motel / / Ben Kamin |
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East Lansing, : Michigan State University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-62895-109-5 |
1-60917-343-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (202 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African American civil rights workers |
African Americans - Tennessee - Memphis |
Historic hotels - Tennessee - Memphis |
African Americans - Museums - Tennessee - Memphis |
Electronic books. |
Memphis (Tenn.) Biography |
Memphis (Tenn.) Buildings, structures, etc |
Memphis (Tenn.) History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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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 |
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