Room 306: The National Story of the Lorraine Motel
Autor Ben Kaminen Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 mar 2012
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781611860498
ISBN-10: 1611860490
Pagini: 200
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Michigan State University Press
Colecția Michigan State University Press
ISBN-10: 1611860490
Pagini: 200
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Michigan State University Press
Colecția Michigan State University Press
Cuprins
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
Recenzii
. . . an extremely personal view of the tragic, yet ultimately triumphant, account of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
—Clayborne Carson, Professor Director, Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute
With this unforgettable book, Ben Kamin again shows us why he is the singular narrator of the Memphis and civil rights saga. This is a story that has to be told, and only Kamin could have done it so patiently and faithfully.
—T. George Harris, former Bureau Chief of TIME-LIFE, past Senior Editor of LOOK, founding Editor of Psychology Today and Spirituality and Health
A great contribution to the literature on the subject.Kamin does a masterful job of using the oral history tradition to bring fresh context to one of America’s greatest tragic events. The reader will be enlightened, inspired, and motivated to continue the struggle for freedom and justice.
—Donald W. Murphy,former President and CEO of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
A worthy and well-timed project and a prime subject for an oral history.
—Hampton Sides, author of Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin
Descriere
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. Room 306 is an important oral history unlike any other.