Thinker, dreamer & leader: Artist Derek Fordjour reimagines Room 306
Derek Fordjour's "Three Kings: Epilogue" on view at the Legacy Building of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. (Elle Perry/The Daily Memphian)
Anchoring the Civil Rights Museum expansion is celebrated artist Derek Fordjour’s “Three Kings: Epilogue.” The massive artwork shows three sides of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Lorraine Motel and it tethers Fordjour to his hometown.
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A native Memphian, Elle Perry has earned graduate degrees from the University of Memphis and Maryland Institute College of Art. She’s written for publications including the Memphis Business Journal, Memphis Flyer and High Ground News, and previously served as coordinator of The Teen Appeal.
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