Pullman Porters International Brotherhood Convention

Original Title

Pullman Porters International Brotherhood Convention

Devised Title

Pullman Porters International Brotherhood Convention

Date

1948-09

Creator

Snuffy McGill See all items with this value

Contributor

A. Phillip Randolph

Description

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was the first Black-led labor union. It was headed by A. Phillip Randolph, who created the organization to protect the African American men who worked for the Pullman railroad company. Photographer Snuffy McGill snapped this photograph at the union’s September 1948 convention in Detroit, Michigan.

Primary Subject

c. 1900-1999 See all items with this value

Organization See all items with this value

Black power See all items with this value

Business See all items with this value

Location

Tallahassee

Leon County

Florida

United States of America

Type

Photograph

Medium

Paper

Ink

Additional Techniques

Photography

Measurements

L:30cm x W:48.5cm

Format

JPEG

HBCU Identifier

MS_0114_02_0001

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.FAMU.0076

Rights

All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Florida A&M University

Collection

A. Philip Randolph Collection See all items with this value

Language

English

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