Research Catalog

Title

[The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Provisional Committee for the Organization of Colored Locomotive Firemen, Brakemen and Switchmen, 15th Anniversary Conference, Washington, D. C., 1955] [Part 3] [sound recording]

Publication

1955.

Details

Additional Authors

• Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.
• Patterson, Thomas.
• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters' meetings.

Found In

c2ic Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters' Meetings (CstRLIN)NYPG94-R988.

Description

1 sound tape reel (131:04 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono. ; 7 in.

Summary

At the final session of the 15th Anniversary Conference of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters' Provisional Committee for the Organization of Colored Locomotive Firemen, Brakemen and Switchmen, Brother Patterson begins with an invocation. A. Philip Randolph speaks about the union shop law and a new development on the Central of Georgia Railway affecting colored switchmen. Following are several representatives from the Central of Georgia Railway voicing their grievances regarding concerns on the job, pay, seniority, working conditions, scheduling, etc. A few delegates from the Brotherhood make additional remarks and A. Philp Randolph contributes comments and responds to their statements. Randolph then talks about the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the expenses it incurs.

Donor/Sponsor

• Collection donated by Benjamin F. McLaurin.
• Schomburg NEH Humanities Resources Access Project.

Subjects

• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
• Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-56
• Grievance procedures
• Civil rights movements > United States
• Segregation in transportation > United States
• Boycotts > Alabama > Montgomery
• Labor unions > Fire fighters
• Locomotive firemen
• Central of Georgia Railway
• Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters > Provisional Committee for the Organization of Colored Locomotive Firemen, Brakemen, and Switchmen

Reproduction (note)

• Service copy.

Call Number

Sc Audio C-651 (Sides 1-3, counter no. 00)

OCLC

NYPG94-R1097

Title

[The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Provisional Committee for the Organization of Colored Locomotive Firemen, Brakemen and Switchmen, 15th Anniversary Conference, Washington, D. C., 1955] [Part 3] [sound recording]

Imprint

1955.

Reproduction

Service copy. New York, N.Y. : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, 1993. 2 sound cassettes.

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Local Subject

Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-56.

Added Author

Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.

Patterson, Thomas.

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters' meetings.

Found In:

c2ic Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters' Meetings (CstRLIN)NYPG94-R988.

Research Call Number

Sc Audio C-651 (Sides 1-3, counter no. 00) Library has: Original in Sc Audio TC-214