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.

References

Public domain text from http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/5views/5views2h20.htm and http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/ny2.htm

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~ Table of Content ~

►Introduction
►The Pullman Company
►Organizing the union
►Civil rights leadership
►Merger with BRAC
►Notable Pullman Porters
►See also
►References
►External link
►Other materials

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