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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters founder A. Philip Randolph, the public face of the union, in 1942. Founded in 1925, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids (commonly referred to as the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, BSCP [1]) was the first labor organization led by African Americans to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor (AFL).
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Asa Philip Randolph [1] (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was an American labor unionist and civil rights activist. In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first successful African-American-led labor union. In the early Civil Rights Movement and the Labor Movement, Randolph was a prominent voice.
Rosina Tucker (4 November 1881 - 3 March 1987) was an American labor organizer, civil rights activist, and educator.She is best known for helping to organize the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first African-American trade union.
A Pullman porter assisting a passenger with her luggage. Pullman porters were men hired to work for the railroads as porters on sleeping cars. [1] Starting shortly after the American Civil War, George Pullman sought out former slaves to work on his sleeper cars. Their job was to carry passengers’ baggage, shine shoes, set up and maintain the ...
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