Object Details
- Description
- A white poster with black lettering used by Arthur J. Schmidt during the 1968 Memphis March. The poster reads "I / AM / A MAN." There is a small Allied Printing Trades Council union bug in black ink at bottom center. The back of the poster is blank.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Printed by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Arthur J. Schmidt, American
- Subject of
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Allied Printing Trades Council, founded 1911
- Date
- 1968
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Arthur J. "Bud" Schmidt
- Medium
- ink on poster board
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 21 1/2 × 14 1/16 in. (54.6 × 35.7 cm)
- Type
- placards (information artifacts)
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