A. Philip Randolph And The Brotherhood Of The Sleeping Car Porters

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...Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) was considered the first serious effort to organize the Pullman Company. The Pullman Company was among the most powerful business organizations in the country, and it viciously resisted efforts to unionize (Anonymous Biography: Chronology: In Search of A. Philip Randolph, by Juan Williams, 2002; aprbio.html). And, it was A. Philip Randolph who was responsible for the long awaited change, a change that would alter many realities for African American workers on the railroad. In the following paper we examine Randolphs participation and illustrate how he made a difference through his involvement.

A. Philip Randolph
The federal control of railroads came to an end in 1920 and it was then that Pullman created a company union to stifle outside organization efforts. The porters sought out Randolph because they considered him a good orator, a tireless fighter for the rights of African Americans and, most importantly, because he was not a porter and as such was immune from Pullman vengeance (Anonymous Biography: Chronology: In Search of A....

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