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Pullman porters and the rise of protest politics in Black America, 1925-1945 / Beth Tompkins Bates.

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Focusing on the struggle of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), to form a union in Chicago (HQ of the Pullman Company), this work charts the quest of African Americans for civil rights in the inter-war period. New ground was broken by backing up demands with collective action.

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Main Author: Bates, Beth Tompkins
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001.
Series:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Subjects:
Pullman porters > Labor unions > United States > History.
African American labor union members > Political activity > History.
Discrimination in employment > United States > History.
Race discrimination > United States > History.
Discrimination in employment.
Pullman porters > Labor unions.
Race discrimination.
United States.
History.

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Call Number: HD8039.R362 U63 2001eb
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