Pullman porters and the rise of protest politics in Black America, 1925-1945 /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bates, Beth Tompkins (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2001]
Colección:John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Temas:
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Train, Chair Car, Coach Porters and Attendants of America
Pullman porters > Labor unions > United States > History.
African American labor union members > Political activity > History.
Discrimination in employment > United States > History.
Race discrimination > United States > History.
Préposés aux pullmans > Syndicats > États-Unis > Histoire.
Syndiqués noirs américains > Activité politique > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Discrimination in employment
Pullman porters > Labor unions
Race discrimination
Arbeitsbeziehungen
Gewerkschaft
Rassendiskriminierung
Vakverenigingen.
Civil Rights Movement.
United States
USA
Schwärze
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • No More Servants in the House: Pullman Porters Strive for Full-Fledged Citizenship
  • The Politics of Paternalism and Patronage in Black Chicago
  • Biting the Hand That Feeds Us: The BSCP Battles Pullman Paternalism, 1925-1927
  • Launching a Social Movement, 1928-1930
  • Forging Alliances: New-Crowd Protest Networks, 1930-1935
  • New-Crowd Networks and the Course of Protest Politics, 1935-1940
  • We Are Americans, Too: The March on Washington Movement, 1941-1943
  • Protest Politics Comes of Age.

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