Rising from the rails: Pullman porters and the making of the Black middle class

Describes how the Pullman Company hired former slaves as sleeping car porters and became the largest employer of African American men in the country by the 1920s, creating a unique culture that blazed a path for a black middle class.

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1. Verfasser: Tye, Larry (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Henry Holt 2004
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:Describes how the Pullman Company hired former slaves as sleeping car porters and became the largest employer of African American men in the country by the 1920s, creating a unique culture that blazed a path for a black middle class.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references.
Beschreibung:XVII, 314 S. Ill.
ISBN:0805070753

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