Title Miles of smiles, years of struggle / Columbia Historical Society in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution, Office of Folklore Programs ; produced and directed by Jack Santino and Paul Wagner.

Publication Info.

San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1983.

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Video	HD6515.P67 M55 1983	Available	Ask at Circulation Desk

Description	1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	digital
	optical
	video file
	DVD video
Note	Originally produced in 1982.
Credits	Narrator, Rosina Tucker.
Summary	Discusses the struggle of Black Pullman porters to unionize, even though rebuked by white organized labor, and the eventual formation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters under A. Philip Randolph. Explores the impact of this group on the American civil rights movement.
System Details	DVD.
Subject	Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
	Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
	Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- History.
	Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
	History.
	Pullman Company -- Employees -- History.
	Pullman Company.
	Employees.
	African American labor union members -- United States -- History.
	African American labor union members.
	United States.
	Labor unions, Black -- United States -- History.
	Labor unions, Black.
	Porters -- Labor unions -- United States -- History.
	Porters -- Labor unions.
	Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History.
	Discrimination in employment.
	Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Race discrimination.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Civil rights -- United States -- History.
	Civil rights.
Genre/Form	Video recordings.
	Video recordings.
Added Author	Santino, Jack.
	Wagner, Paul, 1948-
	Tucker, Rosina Corrothers.
	Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.)
	Smithsonian Institution. Office of Folklife Programs.
	California Newsreel (Firm)

Title Miles of smiles, years of struggle / Columbia Historical Society in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution, Office of Folklore Programs ; produced and directed by Jack Santino and Paul Wagner.

Item Status

Library Links

Search Tools