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Poster, "I Am A Man"
Object Details
- Description
- The “I Am A Man” poster was originally designed for the Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike. This poster was used during the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington, D.C., during summer 1968.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- PL.279881.22
- accession number
- 279881
- catalog number
- 279881.22
- Object Name
- poster
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- white, red (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 28 in x 22 in; 71.12 cm x 55.88 cm
- referenced
- United States: Tennessee, Memphis
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- Political History: Political History, Reform Movements Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- civil rights
- used
- Protest
- Record ID
- nmah_1461248
- Usage
- CC0
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