he spoke at the national civil rights museum at the lorraine motel in memphis on april 4, 2010, the anniversary of the assassination of rev. martin luther king, jr., introducing his memoir, "nothing like sunshine: a story in the aftermath of the mlk assassination." kamin launched his next book, "room 306: the national story of the lorraine motel," at the national civil rights museum on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of mlk assassination, april 4, 2012. the book won an "ippy" prize in multicultural nonfiction in 2013.