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Rising from the Rails : Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class
Rising from the Rails Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class
Author: Larry Tye
An engaging social history that reveals the critical role Pullman porters played in the struggle for African American civil rights — When George Pullman began recruiting Southern blacks as porters in his luxurious new sleeping cars, the former slaves suffering under Jim Crow laws found his offer of a steady job and worldly experience irres...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780805070750
ISBN-10: 0805070753
Publication Date: 7/6/2004
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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