- Collection:
- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: The Collection
- Title:
- I am a man
- Date of Original:
- 1968-04-04
- Subject:
- 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 - People:
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
- Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, 35.14953, -90.04898
- Medium:
- broadsides (notices)
posters
visual works - Type:
- Text
- 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. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.gilderlehrman.org/collections/03751062-4dfd-482d-9a2d-386773700380
- Rights Holder:
- For the Gilder Lehrman Collection all rights and Reproduction inquires and request contact: Reference@GilderLehrman.org
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- Original Collection:
- Gilder Lehrman Collection (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History (New York, N.Y.))
- Contributing Institution:
- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
