gildlehr_glcollcr_glc06124 glc06124 glcollcr gildlehr yes I am a man 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 King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 "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. [New York (N.Y.)] : Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Gilder Lehrman Collection (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (New York, N.Y.)) 2002? Broadsides Posters Visual works http://www.gilderlehrman.org/search/display_results.php?id=GLC06124 Forms part of online collection: Gilder Lehrman Collection (New York, N.Y.) 1968-04-04 Memphis (Tenn.) Shelby County (Tenn.) 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 20090526 204833