Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Brotherhood_of_Sleeping_Car_Porters
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:American_Federation_of_Labor
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1978
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Milton_P._Webster
gptkbp:foundedIn 1925
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Brotherhood_of_Railway_and_Airline_Clerks
gptkbp:notableEvent helped organize the March on Washington Movement
won first collective bargaining agreement with Pullman Company in 1937
gptkbp:notableFor civil rights activism
influencing the Civil Rights Movement
advocating for fair labor practices
first African-American labor union to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor
improving working conditions for African-American railroad porters
gptkbp:notableLeader gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:E.D._Nixon
gptkb:Edgar_Nixon
gptkb:C.L._Dellums
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:E.D._Nixon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5