Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class Justin Number Of Pages: 188

Number Of Pages: 188

April 1983 was his lowest point

Release Date: 30-09-2008

EAN: 9780471264361

Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class Justin Number Of Pages: 188Author: Tye, Larry Brand: Henry Holt & Company Edition: First Edition Number Of Pages: 336 Release Date: 06 07 2004 Details: An engaging social history that reveals the critical role Pullman porters played in the struggle for African American civil rights When George Pullman began recruiting Southern blacks as porters in his luxurious new sleeping cars, the former slaves suffering under Jim Crow laws found his offer of a steady job and worldly