Sanitation Workers assemble in front of Clayborn Temple for a solidarity march. Memphis, TN
Object Details
- Created by
- Dr. Ernest C. Withers, American, 1922 - 2007
- Subject of
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Description
- A group of sanitation workers in formation on the street holding signs that read "I Am A Man."
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- March 28, 1968
- Object number
- 2009.16.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Ernest C. Withers Trust
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 15 15/16 x 19 13/16 in. (40.5 x 50.3 cm)
- H x W x D (Framed): 17 1/8 × 21 1/8 × 1 in. (43.5 × 53.7 × 2.5 cm)
- H x W (Image): 8 × 14 1/4 in. (20.3 × 36.2 cm)
- Place depicted
- Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Civil Rights
- Labor
- Men
- Photography
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2009.16.9
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52422b600-403a-43f7-b177-b5c4e869a36f
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