Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America 1925-1945 (John Hope Franklin Series in African American History & Culture) (John ... in African American History and Culture)

by Beth Tompkins Bates (Author)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $48.75

  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.