Miles of smiles, years of struggle / Columbia Historical Society in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution, Office of Folklife Programs ; produced and directed by Jack Santino and Paul Wagner.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
Published/​Created
San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1989.
Description
1 online resource (60 min.).

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Series
Academic Video Online
Summary note
Discusses the struggle of Black Pullman porters to unionize, even though rebuked by white organized labor, and the eventual formation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters under A. Philip Randolph. Explores the impact of this group on the American civil rights movement.
Notes
Originally released in 1982 as motion picture.
Language note
  • In English.
  • Original language in English.
Other format(s)
Previously released as DVD.
OCLC
840838424
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