Research Catalog
[Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 28th Anniversary Meeting, Los Angeles, 1953]
- Title
- [Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 28th Anniversary Meeting, Los Angeles, 1953] [no. 1] [sound recording]
- Publication
- 1953.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Found In
- c2ic Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters' Meetings (CstRLIN)NYPG94-R988.
- Description
- 1 sound tape reel (120:04 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips, mono.; 7 in.
- Summary
- At the morning session of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 28th Anniversary Meeting, 1953, A. Philip Randolph speaks on the Brotherhood's contract with the Pullman Company and the need for revisions. He mentions what the Brotherhood is doing for fair employment practices legislation and talks about the history and early struggles of the Ladies Auxiliary. A prayer is read by Dr. Burton and Hold the Fort is sung. Reports of various committes are read and Ashley Totten reads the telegrams sent to the convention, including one sent by President Eisenhower. More committee reports are given; C. L. Dellums, chairman of the Committee on Grievances and Claims, talks about negotiations made the previous year in Chicago between the Pullman Company and Brotherhood representatives. After he explains the negotiation process, a question and answer session follows regarding employees' rights and porters' sleeping conditions.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Collection donated by Benjamin F. McLaurin.
- Schomburg NEH Humanities Resources Access Project.
- Subjects
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
- Labor unions > Porters > United States
- Labor laws and legislation
- Grievance arbitration
- Collective labor agreements > Railroads
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters > Anniversary Meeting > (28th : > 1953 : > Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters > Ladies Auxiliary
- Pullman Company
- Reproduction (note)
- Service copy.
- Call Number
- Sc Audio C-590 (Sides 1-3, counter no. 00)
- OCLC
- NYPG94-R769
- Title
- [Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 28th Anniversary Meeting, Los Angeles, 1953] [no. 1] [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1953.
- Reproduction
- Service copy. New York, N.Y. : Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, 1993. 2 sound cassettes.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979.Dellums, C. L. (Cottrell Laurence)Totten, Ashley, 1884-1963.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-590 (Sides 1-3, counter no. 00) Original in Sc Audio TC-154