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Walter Lee Bailey, owner of the Lorraine Motel, July 10th 1968

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Bailey, Walter Lee
Thomas, Phil
Kyles, Gwen
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Oral history, Interviews, Memphis (Tenn.), Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968, Civil rights, King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968, Lorraine Motel
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19680710_Walter_Bailey-SS022
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http://hdl.handle.net/10267/33839
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This is an interview with Walter "Bill" Bailey. He was the owner of the Lorraine Motel where Dr. King was assassinated. Bailey's wife suffered a stroke and heart attack several hours after Dr. King's death and she died five days later.