"I AM A MAN" Sign

1968

DuSable Museum of African American History
Chicago, United States

Poster board with black text on white background, reading "I AM A MAN.” Signs like this one were carried and worn by Memphis sanitation workers in a major strike carried out in 1968.

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Title: "I AM A MAN" Sign
Date Created: 1968
Location: Memphis, Tennessee

DuSable Museum of African American History

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