(c) Laurie Cumbo

September 29, 2008 – February 1968 saw 1,300 African American Sanitation workers strike to demand their basic rights to organize a union, to gain a living wage, and to garner respect and dignity deserving of all working men and women. The Civil Rights Leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., eventually came to Memphis to support the strikers and was subsequently assassinated. From those dramatic events, one phrase emerged that continues to inspire community activists forty years later, “I AM A MAN.” In commemoration of the courage, resilience and fortitude of those 1,300 Sanitation Worker’s, the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) organized the “I AM A MAN” group exhibition in order to further examine the challenges and triumphs of Black Men in America in 2008.   JUMP Here

Check out MoCADA Laurie Cumbo’s Flickr Photo slide here

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