Miles of smiles, years of struggle - Santino, Jack.; Wagner, Paul, 1948-; Tucker, Rosina Corrothers; Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.); Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies; California Newsreel (Firm) (San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 2001)
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.
Orginally released as a documentary in 1983.
Narrator, Rosina Tucker.
VHS.
Keywords: Labor unions, Black -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Labor unions -- United States -- African American membership -- History; Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History; Race discrimination -- United States -- History; Civil rights -- United States -- History; Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Train, Chair Car, Coach Porters and Attendants -- History; Randolph, A. Philip -- 1889-1979.; Documentary films; Video recordings