Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Series A, Parts 1-3 on Microfilm
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Dates
- 1925-1969
Creator
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (creator, Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
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Biographical / Historical
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) was, in 1925, the first labor organization led by blacks to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor (AFL). It merged in 1978 with the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks (BRAC), now known as the Transportation Communications International Union. The leaders of the BSCP-including A. Philip Randolph, its founder and first president, and C. L. Dellums, its vice president and second president-became leaders in the civil rights movement and continued to play a significant role in it after it focused on the eradication of segregation in the South. BSCP members such as E. D. Nixon were among the leadership of local civil rights movements by virtue of their organizing experience, constant movement between communities and freedom from economic dependence on local authorities.
Extent
2.22 cubic feet
Other Finding Aids
The container list for Part 1 of this collecion can be found in the University Publications of America finding aid and is available here.
The container list for Part 2 of this collecion can be found in the University Publications of America finding aid and is available here.
The container list for Part 3 of this collecion can be found in the University Publications of America finding aid and is available here.
Quantity:
21 microfilm reels
Forms of Material:
Records, microfilm.
General
- Contact Information:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives 227 Ives Hall Tower Road Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheelref@cornell.edu https://catherwood.library.cornell.edu/kheel/
- Compiled by:
- Kheel Staff, March 08, 2016
- EAD encoding:
- Randall Miles, March 08, 2016
- African Americans -- Employment -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Ladies Auxiliary
- Chicago Historical Society
- Newberry Library
- Pullman Company
- Pullman porters -- History -- Sources
- Pullman porters -- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
- Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
- University Publications of America (Firm)
- Title
- Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Series A, Parts 1-3 on Microfilm
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Kheel Staff
- Date
- March 08, 2016
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Revision Statements
- 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
Repository Details
Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository