Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Series A, Parts 1-3 on Microfilm
Collection Number: 6110 mf
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Title:
Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Series A, Parts 1-3 on Microfilm, 1925-1969
Collection Number:
6110 mf
Creator:
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Quantity:
21 microfilm reels
Forms of Material:
Records, microfilm.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library
Language:
Collection material in English
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) was, in 1925, the first labor organization led by blacks to receive a charter
in the American Federation of Labor (AFL). It merged in 1978 with the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks (BRAC),
now known as the Transportation Communications International Union. The leaders of the BSCP-including A. Philip Randolph,
its founder and first president, and C. L. Dellums, its vice president and second president-became leaders in the civil
rights movement and continued to play a significant role in it after it focused on the eradication of segregation in the
South. BSCP members such as E. D. Nixon were among the leadership of local civil rights movements by virtue of their
organizing experience, constant movement between communities and freedom from economic dependence on local authorities.
Names:
Harris, William Hamilton, 1944-
Schipper, Martin Paul.
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters --Archives.
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Ladies Auxiliary--Archives.
Chicago Historical Society.
Newberry Library.
Pullman Company --Archives.
University Publications of America (Firm)
Subjects:
Railroads--Employees--Labor unions--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
Pullman porters--Labor unions--United States--History--20th century--Sources.
African Americans--Employment--History--20th century--Sources.
Pullman porters--History--Sources.
Form and Genre Terms:
Records.
Microfilm.
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Cite As:
Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Series A, Parts 1-3 on Microfilm #6110 mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management
Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
The container list for Part 1 of this collecion can be found in the University Publications of America finding aid and
is available here.
The container list for Part 2 of this collecion can be found in the University Publications of America finding aid and
is available here.
The container list for Part 3 of this collecion can be found in the University Publications of America finding aid and
is available here.