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I Am A Man

Artist Ernest C. Withers American, 1922–2007

Date1968

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineAustin S. Garver Fund

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Object number2004.16.1

DescriptionSanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, March 28, 1968. Santitation workers assemble in front of Clayborn Temple for the march indicating their solidarity. This was Dr. King's last march. "I Am A Man" is the theme for Community on the Move for Equality (COME), which spearheaded the Sanitation Workers Strike in Memphis.Label TextIn March 1968, black sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee went on strike, citing a long history of unfair treatment and a demand for union recognition. Their message was expressed with the simple message "I Am A Man." Local black leaders organized national support, attracting thousands of demonstrators (as well as counterprotestors), and eventually attracting Martin Luther King, Jr. It was the last protest King attended before he his assassination the following month.ProvenanceG.W. Einstein Co., New York, NY

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