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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tye, Larry (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Henry Holt 2004
Edition:1. ed.
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references.
Physical Description:XVII, 314 S. Ill.
ISBN:0805070753

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