Pullman porters and the rise of protest politics in Black America, 1925-1945 / Beth Tompkins Bates.

Author
Bates, Beth Tompkins [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, ©2001.
Description
xiv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Series
    • John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture [More in this series]
    • The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
    Summary note
    Examines the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) as a social movement, discussing the new black working-class radicalism of the time and labor union's efforts to confront discrimination.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-263) and index.
    Contents
    • 1. No More Servants in the House: Pullman Porters Strive for Full-Fledged Citizenship
    • 2. Politics of Paternalism and Patronage in Black Chicago
    • 3. Biting the Hand That Feeds Us: The BSCP Battles Pullman Paternalism, 1925-1927
    • 4. Launching a Social Movement, 1928-1930
    • 5. Forging Alliances: New-Crowd Protest Networks, 1930-1935
    • 6. New-Crowd Networks and the Course of Protest Politics, 1935-1940
    • 7. We Are Americans, Too: The March on Washington Movement, 1941-1943
    • 8. Protest Politics Comes of Age.
    ISBN
    • 0807826146 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780807826140 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 0807849294 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780807849293 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    00047974
    OCLC
    45064571
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