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I Am A Man, 1968
Copyright Emerson Graphics, Offset lithograph on paper, Collection of the Civil Rights Archive, Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture, University of Maryland Baltimore County
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I Am A Man
This stark poster by Emerson Graphics in San Francisco was printed shortly after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. It stands as a tribute to the slain leader and a poignant reminder of the continued urgency of the struggle he died for: "I Am A Man," it reads in large red letters. The poster was designed after the placards carried by black sanitation workers in the strike that brought the civil rights leader to Memphis on the day of his murder in April 1968.
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