{"product_id":"i-am-a-man-soft-enamel-pin","title":"I AM A MAN - Soft Enamel Pin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMemphis sanitation workers, the majority of them African-American, went out to strike on February 12, 1968, demanding recognition for their union, better wages, and safer working conditions after two trash handlers were killed by a malfunctioning garbage truck. As the strike dragged on through March, with the Memphis mayor refusing to negotiate, it gained national attention. As they marched, striking workers carried copies of a poster declaring “I AM A MAN,” a statement that recalled a question abolitionist posed more than 100 years earlier, “Am I not a man and a brother?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e-\u003cspan\u003eMartin Luther King Jr.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(95, 42, 122);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHandmade item\u003cbr\u003eEach Pin is 1.75” tall and 1.25\"wide\u003cbr\u003eTwo pin back with black rubber clutches\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ReformedSchool","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47601540464803,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0445\/4681\/8211\/files\/795adf067700118c611b2f9498ba228f9067aab5d6ba35421d38fe1439049a0b.jpg?v=1777038941","url":"https:\/\/shop.illinoisstatemuseum.org\/products\/i-am-a-man-soft-enamel-pin","provider":"Illinois State Museum - the Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}