The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (1925-1978)
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/brotherhood-sleeping-car-porters-1925-1978/
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
How they won the support of the Black community & the AFL
https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_brother.html
The Evolution and History of the Union
https://aprpullmanportermuseum.org/about-museum/union-history/3/
How the Pullman Company’s porters formed the first all-Black labor union in the US to address low wages, long hours, and mistreatment from passengers.
https://www.chicagohistory.org/bscp/
Worker’s Rights: The Pullman Porter’s story
https://facingfreedom.org/workers-rights/pullman-porters
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/brotherhood-sleeping-car-porters-1925-1978/
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
How they won the support of the Black community & the AFL
https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_org_brother.html
The Evolution and History of the Union
https://aprpullmanportermuseum.org/about-museum/union-history/3/
How the Pullman Company’s porters formed the first all-Black labor union in the US to address low wages, long hours, and mistreatment from passengers.
https://www.chicagohistory.org/bscp/
Worker’s Rights: The Pullman Porter’s story
https://facingfreedom.org/workers-rights/pullman-porters
Primary Sources
Workers rights: Pullman porters collection
https://facingfreedom.org/workers-rights/pullman-porters/collection
Messenger (1917-1928)
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/messenger-1917-1928/
USA: Publications: The Messenger (1917-1928)
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/messenger/index.htm
volumes 1-4
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000056822
volumes 5-8
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006784879
https://facingfreedom.org/workers-rights/pullman-porters/collection
Messenger (1917-1928)
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/messenger-1917-1928/
USA: Publications: The Messenger (1917-1928)
https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/messenger/index.htm
volumes 1-4
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000056822
volumes 5-8
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006784879
The March on Washington Movement (1941)
Jan. 25, 1941: A. Philip Randolph and March on Washington
On Jan. 25, 1941, A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union, made the official call for a march on Washington, with the demand to end segregation in defense industries.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/a-philip-randolph-first-call-mow/
A. Philip Randolph Labor History
https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-people/asa-philip-randolph
March on Washington Movement (1941-1947)
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/march-washington-movement-1941-1947/
On Jan. 25, 1941, A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union, made the official call for a march on Washington, with the demand to end segregation in defense industries.
https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/a-philip-randolph-first-call-mow/
A. Philip Randolph Labor History
https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-people/asa-philip-randolph
March on Washington Movement (1941-1947)
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/march-washington-movement-1941-1947/
Primary Sources
A. Philip Randolph, The Call to Negro America to March on Washington, 1941https://billofrightsinstitute.org/activities/a-philip-randolph-the-call-to-negro-america-to-march-on-washington-1941
A. Philip Randolph, “Why Should We March?” (Nov. 1942)
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/why-should-we-march-2/
March on Washington Committee, “"straighten up - and come right down to the march on Washington movement”
This poster, from A. Philip Randolph's planned March on Washington in 1941, illustrates several issues central to the march. The threat of a large-scale public protest persuaded President Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802, which banned racially motivated employment discrimination in federal government and the defense industry.
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1180.
A. Philip Randolph, “Why Should We March?” (Nov. 1942)
https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/why-should-we-march-2/
March on Washington Committee, “"straighten up - and come right down to the march on Washington movement”
This poster, from A. Philip Randolph's planned March on Washington in 1941, illustrates several issues central to the march. The threat of a large-scale public protest persuaded President Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802, which banned racially motivated employment discrimination in federal government and the defense industry.
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/1180.