Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters collection, 1937-1991.
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Brotherhood of sleeping car porters
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The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) organized railway porters (traditionally an occupation for African-Americans) to bargain with the Pullman Company which held a virtual monopoly on the nation's sleeping car facilities. The BSCP was founded in 1925 in New York City to counteract the poor wages, long hours, and other injustices practiced by the Pullman Car Company. A. Philip Randolph became president of the Brotherhood in 1928. In the mid-1930's the American Federation of...
Randolph, A. Philip, 1889-1979
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Asa Philip Randolph (born April 15, 1889, Cresent City, Florida-died May 16, 1979, New York City), African-American labor leader and early civil rights spokesman. Influenced by the socialism of Eugene Debs, Randolph began publishing his magazine The Messenger in 1917. He opposed U.S. entry into the first World War. In 1925 he organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. His associations with Bayard Rustin and James Farmer influenced his dedication to nonviolence. Randolph was a founder of ...
St. Catherine A.M.E. Zion Church (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
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A. Philip Randolph Campus High School (New York, N.Y.)
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Davis, Jessica Bell, d. 1991,
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Jessica Bell Davis (?-1991) was the daughter of an official of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, James H. Bell and also the wife of the union official, Clarence E. Davis. She was a teacher in addition to a director and supervisor under A. Philip Randolph, for whom she worked for forty-five years. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) organized railway porters (traditionally an occupation for African Americans) to bargain with the Pullman Company, which he...
Negro March on Washington Committee
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Key Women (New York, N.Y.)
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