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| Title: | I am a man |
| Date: | 1968 Apr. 4 |
| Description: | "Printed by Allied Printing in large black letters on white posterboard ... The phrase "I am a man" was used by Memphis sanitation workers and their supporters during their famous strike led by Martin Luther King, Jr. in April 1968. Most of the sanitation workers/strikers involved were African Americans who demanded suitable compensation and union recognition." Gilder Lehrman Document No.: GLC06124. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Broadsides | Posters | Visual works |
| Subjects: | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 | Sanitation workers--Tennessee--Memphis | Wages--Sanitation workers--Tennessee--Memphis | Sanitation workers--Labor unions--Tennessee--Memphis | Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968 | Strikes and lockouts--Sanitation--Tennessee--Memphis | Sanitation--Tennessee--Memphis | African Americans--Employment--Tennessee--Memphis | Discrimination in employment--Tennessee--Memphis | African American labor union members--Tennessee--Memphis | Labor union members--Tennessee--Memphis | Labor unions--Tennessee--Memphis | African Americans--Civil rights | Civil rights--Tennessee--Memphis | Equality before the law--Tennessee--Memphis | Memphis (Tenn.) | Shelby County (Tenn.) |
| Collection: | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: The Collection |
| Institution: | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Contributors: | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History | Gilder Lehrman Collection (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (New York, N.Y.)) |
| Online Publisher: | [New York (N.Y.)] : Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History | 2002? |
| Rights and Usage: | For the Gilder Lehrman Collection all rights and Reproduction inquires and request contact: Jody Cary at cary@gilderlehrman.com. For questions about the Collection contact Ana Ramirez-Luhrs at luhrs@gilderlehrman.com |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of online collection: Gilder Lehrman Collection (New York, N.Y.) |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://www.gilderlehrman.org/search/display_results.php?id=GLC06124 |
