In 1968, the striking sanitation workers of Memphis carried signs declaring I AM A MAN. This statement answered a question asked by abolitionists and supporters of Civil Rights since the late 18th century.
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Further Reading
The Civil Rights Digital Library on the Memphis Sanitation Strike of 1968 Soujourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman?” December 1851 Reverend Henry McNeal Turner, “I Claim the Rights of a Man,” September 1868 Anti-Slavery Medallion by Josiah Wedgwood Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com) Leave a Reply. |