Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) was a labor union in the United States organized by the predominantly African-American Pullman Porters. Organized in 1925, it struggled for twelve years before winning its first collective bargaining agreement with the Pullman Company.

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Labor union - United States - African-American - Pullman Porters - 1925 - Collective bargaining agreement - Pullman Company

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It was, in 1935 the first labor organization led by African-Americans to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor. It merged in 1978 with the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks (BRAC), now known as the Transportation Communications International Union.

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1935 - American Federation of Labor - 1978 - Transportation Communications International Union

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The leaders of the BSCP—including A. Philip Randolph, its first president, and C. L. Dellums, its vice president and the uncle of U.S. Representative Ron Dellums—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.

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A. Philip Randolph - C. L. Dellums - U.S. Representative - Ron Dellums - Civil rights movement - Eradication of segregation - South - E. D. Nixon

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