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I Am A Man: Photography by Ernest C. Withers (1968)
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Visual analysis
Why is this photogrpah important?
Photographs
Black and white; echoes racial division;
them & us
Unity of workers = physical positioning/forming
a unified frontier
Two levels of visual representations; physical form and 'I Am A Man' signs
I am a man vs. I am a hu(man)
Evidence
Memory
Symbol of resistance; collective narrative of civil rights era
Photograph captures human struggle during a particular time in history and the beginning of a process of systemic and sociopolitical change
Photograph is iconic; symbolises fight for human rights and for shared humanity
'I Am A Man; became a unifying civil rights theme;
‘We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.’ (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1963)
The Memphis Sanitation strike began on February 11, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.
It was a protest again years of discrimination, dangerous working conditions and unfair treatment
Ernest C. Withers, ‘Sanitation workers strike, Memphis, Tennessee, 1968′
Description: Striking Memphis sanitation workers with the sign
“I Am a Man,” in 1968. © Ernest C. Withers
Why is this important to me?
Personal level:
Humanity. Respect. Acceptance.
Accepting we are all 'others' and 'same' at the same time
Academic level:
Employing the power of visual representation/signification in sharing stories and communicating meaning
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