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

Contributor:

Santino, Jack, film director, film producer.

Wagner, Paul, 1948- film director, film producer.

Tucker, Rosina Corrothers, narrator.

Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.), film production company.

Smithsonian Institution. Office of Folklife Programs, film production company.

California Newsreel (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

African American labor union members--United States--History.

African American labor union members.

History.

Discrimination in employment.

United States.

Discrimination in employment--United States--History.

Race discrimination--United States--History.

Race discrimination.

Civil rights--United States--History.

Civil rights.

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters--History.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 1/2 in.

1/2 in.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1983.

System Details:

VHS, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1).

analog

magnetic

VHS

NTSC

region 1

Summary:

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.

Participant:

Narrator, Rosina Tucker.

Notes:

Videocassette release of the documentary motion picture produced in 1982.

OCLC:

21144150