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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
- Series:
- Black studies in video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters--History.
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights--United States--History.
- Civil rights.
- Discrimination in employment--United States--History.
- Discrimination in employment.
- Labor unions--United States--History.
- Labor unions.
- Race discrimination--United States--History.
- Race discrimination.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (60 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1989.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Originally released in 1982 as motion picture.
- OCLC:
- 840838424
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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