Room 306 : The National Story of the Lorraine Motel /

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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 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 th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kamin, Ben
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968
King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968 > Homes and haunts > Tennessee > Memphis.
National Civil Rights Museum
Lorraine Motel (Memphis, Tenn.)
National Civil Rights Museum > History.
Lorraine Motel (Memphis, Tenn.) > History.
Homes
Historic hotels
African Americans
African American civil rights workers
Buildings.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
TRAVEL > Budget.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
HISTORY > General.
Noirs americains > Musees > Tennessee > Memphis.
Hôtels historiques > Tennessee > Memphis.
Noirs americains > Tennessee > Memphis > Biographies.
Defenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs americains > Biographies.
African Americans > Museums > Tennessee > Memphis.
Historic hotels > Tennessee > Memphis.
African Americans > Tennessee > Memphis > Biography.
African American civil rights workers > Biography.
Tennessee > Memphis
Memphis (Tenn.) > History.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Memphis (Tenn.) > Biography.
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:"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."--Project Muse
Descripción Física:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9781609173432

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