Room 306
Subtitle: the national story of the Lorraine Motel
By: Ben Kamin
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: East Lansing
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781611860498
Subjects: African American civil rights workers; Buildings, structures; Museums; Homes and haunts; Lorraine Motel (Memphis, Tenn.); National Civil Rights Museum; Historic hotels; African Americans; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The Motel at Mulberry and Main; title: pt. 1. The History; title: The King-Abernathy Suite : Billy Kyles; title: Lawyer at the Lorraine : Lucius Burch; title: Lover at the Lorraine : Georgia Davis Powers; title: Mighty Reverend at the Lorraine : James Lawson; title: pt. 2. The Transition; title: Breaking the Barriers : Maxine Smith; title: Saving the Lorraine, Losing the Mantle : Judge D'Army Bailey; title: Endowing the Lorraine : J.R. "Pitt" Hyde; title: The Lorraine Photographer : Ernest C. Withers; title: pt. 3. The Rebirth; title: It's a Magical Place : Julian Bond; title: Filming the Lorraine : Lillian Benson; title: Managing the Museum at the Lorraine : Beverly Robertson; title: Producing The Witness at the Lorraine : Margaret Hyde; title: Room 306 and Today's Young Artists : Craig Alan Edwards and Katori Hall; title: They Got It Done : Clayborne Carson; title: Afterword: The Rain Are Fallin.