Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

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The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was the first major African American labor union in the United States, representing railroad sleeping car porters and playing a key role in the broader civil rights and labor movements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American organization ⓘ
labor union ⓘ
trade union ⓘ
advocatedFor desegregation of the armed forces ⓘ
federal fair employment legislation ⓘ
racial equality in employment ⓘ
affiliation AFL–CIO ⓘ
American Federation of Labor ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateOfAFLCharter 1935 ⓘ
dateOfOfficialRecognition 1937 ⓘ
dissolved 1978 ⓘ
employerOpposed Pullman Company ⓘ
field civil rights movement ⓘ
labor movement ⓘ
foundedBy A. Philip Randolph ⓘ
Ashley Totten ⓘ
Milton P. Webster ⓘ
hasPart Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
historicalSignificance linked labor rights with civil rights in mid‑20th‑century America ⓘ
pioneered Black trade unionism in the United States ⓘ
inception 1925 ⓘ
industry rail transport ⓘ
railroad sleeping car service ⓘ
influenced Fair Employment Practices Committee ⓘ
keyPerson A. Philip Randolph ⓘ
Bayard Rustin ⓘ
C. L. Dellums ⓘ
Milton P. Webster ⓘ
notableAchievement first major African American labor union in the United States ⓘ
helped end company‐dominated employee representation plans at Pullman ⓘ
helped secure better job security for porters ⓘ
helped secure overtime pay for porters ⓘ
improved working conditions for sleeping car porters ⓘ
reduced working hours for sleeping car porters ⓘ
secured wage increases for sleeping car porters ⓘ
notableLeader A. Philip Randolph ⓘ
C. L. Dellums ⓘ
Milton P. Webster ⓘ
notableMember A. Philip Randolph ⓘ
Bayard Rustin ⓘ
C. L. Dellums ⓘ
Milton P. Webster ⓘ
opposed racial discrimination in the railroad industry ⓘ
participatedIn March on Washington Movement ⓘ
civil rights movement ⓘ
recognizedBy American Federation of Labor ⓘ
Pullman Company ⓘ
representedGroup railroad attendants ⓘ
railroad maids ⓘ
railroad porters ⓘ
sleeping car porters ⓘ

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A. Philip Randolph → founded → Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ⓘ
E. D. Nixon → memberOf → Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ⓘ
Pullman porters → associatedWith → Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ⓘ
Edgar Daniel Nixon → memberOf → Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ⓘ
Aurelia Nixon → associatedWith → Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (through E. D. Nixon) ⓘ
linked to: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
C. L. Dellums → memberOf → Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ⓘ
Milton P. Webster → memberOf → Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ⓘ