Rising from the rails: Pullman porters and the making of the black middle class
Entry/Object ID
Library.997
Description
viii, 314 pages ; 24 cm
Rising from the rails: Pullman porters and the making of the black middle class by Larry Tye.
Jacksonville information on Asa Philip Randolph: 116-118. He is interwoven throughout the rest of the book.
Describes how the Pullman Company hired former slaves as sleeping car porters and became the largest employer of African American men in the country by the 1920s, creating a unique culture that blazed a path for a black middle class.
Collection
Library
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Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Randolph, A. Philip -- (Asa Philip) -- 1889-1979 ., Pullman porters -- United States -- History., Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- History., African Americans -- Social conditions., Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters., Pullman porters., Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Train, Chair Car, Coach Porters and Attendants of America.