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Title Miles of smiles, years of struggle / Columbia Historical Society in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution, Office of Folklore Programs ; produced and directed by Jack Santino and Paul Wagner.

Publication Info. San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, 1983.

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Location Call No. Status
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD 331.88 MI    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Originally produced in 1982.
Credits Narrator, Rosina Tucker.
Summary Discusses the struggle of Black Pullman porters to unionize, even though rebuked by white organized labor, and the eventual formation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters under A. Philip Randolph. Explores the impact of this group on the American civil rights movement.
System Details DVD.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- History.
Pullman Company -- Employees -- History.
African American labor union members -- United States -- History.
Labor unions, Black -- United States -- History.
Porters -- Labor unions -- United States -- History.
Discrimination in employment -- United States -- History.
Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights -- United States -- History.
Added Author Santino, Jack.
Wagner, Paul, 1948-
Tucker, Rosina Corrothers.
Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.)
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Folklife Programs.
California Newsreel (Firm)
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