Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: C. L. Dellums and the Fight for Fair Treatment and Civil Rights

by Robert L. Allen

Book Overview

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters created a sea of change in labour and race relations in the US. For the first time in US history, a black labour union played a central role in shaping labor and civil rights policy. Based on interviews and archival research, this new book tells the story of the union and its charismatic leader C.L. Dellums, starting from the BSCP's origins as the first national union of black workers in 1925. In 1937, the BSCP...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612055494
• ISBN13: 9781612055497
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"