| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 275 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
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John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Train, Chair Car, Coach Porters and Attendants of America. |
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Pullman porters -- Labor unions -- United States -- History.
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Pullman porters -- Labor unions. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Pullman porters. |
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African American labor union members -- Political activity -- History.
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African American labor union members. |
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Political participation. |
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Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History.
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Discrimination in employment. |
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Race discrimination -- United States -- History.
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Race discrimination. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bates, Beth Tompkins. Pullman porters and the rise of protest politics in Black America, 1925-1945. Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001 0807826146 (DLC) 00047974 (OCoLC)45064571 |
| ISBN |
0807875368 (electronic book) |
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9780807875360 (electronic book) |
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0807826146 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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9780807826140 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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0807849294 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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9780807849293 (paperback : alkaline paper) |
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