Pullman Porters

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:trade_unionist
occupation
gptkbp:activePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
gptkbp:disbanded 1969
gptkbp:formedUnion gptkb:Brotherhood_of_Sleeping_Car_Porters
gptkbp:foundedUnionYear 1925
gptkbp:hasWorkedWith gptkb:Pullman_Company
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pullman Porters
gptkbp:notableFor African American workforce
railroad service
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkbp:officeLocation gptkb:Canada
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Pullman_Company
African American history
labor rights
railroad history
gptkbp:role attending to passengers on Pullman sleeping cars
gptkbp:significance contributed to civil rights movement
helped establish African American middle class
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:West_Oakland
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6