Room 306: The National Story of the Lorraine Motel

by Ben Kamin

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611860490
• ISBN13: 9781611860498
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"