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- Room 306: The National Story of the Lorraine Motel
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Michigan State University Press
summary
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 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 incarnation, the National Civil Rights Museum. A moving and emotional account that comprises a panorama of voices, Room 306 is an important oral history unlike any other.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. i-vi
- Part 1: The History
- Part 2: The Transition
- Part 3: The Rebirth
- 9. It’s a Magical Place: Julian Bond
- pp. 115-126
- 10. Filming the Lorraine: Lillian Benson
- pp. 127-140
- 14. They Got It Done: Clayborne Carson
- pp. 167-172
- Afterword: The Rain Are Fallin
- pp. 173-180
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 181-182
- Bibliography
- pp. 183-186
- Back Cover
- pp. B-1
Additional Information
ISBN
9781609173432
Related ISBN(s)
9781611860498, 9781628951097, 9781628961096
MARC Record
OCLC
794491323
Pages
200
Launched on MUSE
2012-06-26
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2012