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Miles of smiles, years of struggle / Columbia Historical Society in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution, Office of Folklore Programs ; produced and directed by Jack Santino and Paul Wagner.
Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
English
Published/Created
San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1983.
Description
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Availability
Copies in the Library
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Notes
ReCAP - Remote Storage: Video Collection
VCASS 495
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Subject(s)
Labor unions
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United States
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African American membership
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History
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Discrimination in employment
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United States
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History
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Race discrimination
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United States
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History
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Civil rights
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United States
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History
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Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
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History
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Related name
Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.)
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Smithsonian Institution. Office of Folklore Programs
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California Newsreel (Firm)
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Santino, Jack
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Wagner, Paul, 1948-
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Documentary films
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Nonfiction films
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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
Orginally released as a documentary in 1983.
Creation/Production credits
Narrator, Rosina Tucker.
System details
VHS format.
Participant(s)/Performer(s)
Rosina Tucker.
OCLC
21144150
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