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Eddie Mae Hawkins, 2006
2006-06-16
Ms. Eddie Mae Hawkins was a cook for the Lorraine Motel in the years following the assassination of Dr. King. In this interview she discusses her first recollections of race relations, the transition in her move from a small town in Mississippi to Memphis, her involvement in the Sanitation workers strike and other marches, the actual assassination of Dr. King and her attempts to explain his death to her small son.
- Title:
- Eddie Mae Hawkins, 2006
- Date Created:
- 2006-06-16
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Ms. Eddie Mae Hawkins was a cook for the Lorraine Motel in the years following the assassination of Dr. King. In this interview she discusses her first recollections of race relations, the transition in her move from a small town in Mississippi to Memphis, her involvement in the Sanitation workers strike and other marches, the actual assassination of Dr. King and her attempts to explain his death to her small son.
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- Digital Library of Tennessee
- Contributing Institution:
- Rhodes College
- Subjects:
- Interviews
Oral history
Memphis (Tenn.)
Civil rights
Race relations
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 - Rights:
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