SYMHC Classics: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Stuff You Missed in History Class
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🗓️ 27 May 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters became the first African-American labor union to be recognized by the American Federation of Labor. This 2014 episode covers how the group became an important force for social change.
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| 1:41.3 | Labor Organizer and Civil Rights activist A. Philip Randolph. One part of his work that gets the |
| 1:47.0 | most attention is his effort to organize the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. In this upcoming |
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