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“I Am A Man” Exhibit Opening

January 17, 2019
The phrase "I AM A MAN" is written on the wall at the "I Am A Man" exhibit in the African American Cultural Center Art Gallery on Jan. 16, 2019. The exhibit features the story of the Memphis sanitation workers' strike of 1968 and the civil rights movement. Running from Jan. 16 to Feb. 4, "I Am A Man" will feature a virtual reality experience for viewers.

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The “I Am A Man” exhibit opened in the African American Cultural Center Gallery on January 16. The exhibit offers a collection of artwork and virtual reality experience by NC State students of professors Dr. Derek Ham and Scott Townsend, and the exhibit explores the Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike of 1968 and the events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s death. The exhibit will be open until February 4.

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Emma Shepherd/Nubian Message

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