Placard stating "I AM A MAN" carried by Arthur J. Schmidt in 1968 Memphis March: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white poster with black lettering used by Arthur J. Schmidt during the 1968 Memphis March. The poster reads "I AM / A / MAN," with "AM" underlined. There is a small Allied Printing Trades Council union bug in black ink at bottom center. The back of the poster is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1968
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Used by: Arthur J. Schmidt, American
• Subject of: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
• Subject of: Allied Printing Trades Council, founded 1911
• Type: placards (information artifacts)
• Medium: ink on poster board
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 21 1/2 × 14 1/16 in. (54.6 × 35.7 cm)
• Place used: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Civil Rights
• Topic: Labor
• Topic: Race relations
• Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
• Object number: 2017.71.4
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Arthur J. "Bud" Schmidt
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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