Transcripts of oral history interviews with Boston African American railroad workers, 1977-1991 (bulk, 1988-1991).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Transcripts of oral history interviews with Boston African American railroad workers, 1977-1991 (bulk, 1988-1991).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52839609

The collection consists of typed transcripts of twenty-seven of the oral history interviews conducted as background research by Robert Hayden. The transcripts appear to be first drafts and to have been conducted primarily in 1988 and 1989. One transcript is for an interview in 1977 with Francena Robertson, which appears to be earlier research on the topic.

1 box (.5 linear feet)

University of Massachusetts at Boston, Healey Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7659775

University of Massachusetts at Boston, Healey Library

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Brotherhood of sleeping car porters

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nh5hcx (person)

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

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jj4bwm (person)

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 ...

Hotel and Restaurant Workers. Dining Car Waiters. Local 370.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bg9v83 (corporateBody)

Hayden, Robert C.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fx8z51 (person)

Robert C. Hayden, history professor at Northeastern University and president of RCH Associates, interviewed thirty-two retired Boston African American railroad workers over a period of two years as background research for a special permanent exhibition. "The Knights of the Rail" exhibition was dedicated in 1991 at the MBTA Back Bay/South End Station. It commemorates African American labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph and Boston's African American railroad workers. From ...