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gptkbp:instanceOf
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occupation
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gptkbp:activePeriod
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early 20th century
late 19th century
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gptkbp:contributedTo
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
Black middle class
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gptkbp:culturalSignificance
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spread of news and information in Black communities
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gptkbp:declinedAfter
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mid-20th century
automation of train services
decline of passenger rail travel
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gptkbp:firstUnionLedBy
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gptkb:African-American
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gptkbp:formedUnion
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gptkb:Brotherhood_of_Sleeping_Car_Porters
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gptkbp:hasWorkedWith
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gptkb:Pullman_Company
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Pullman porters
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gptkbp:jobDuties
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cleaning sleeping cars
handling luggage
making beds
providing customer service
serving passengers
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gptkbp:laborUnionFounded
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1925
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gptkbp:laborUnionLeader
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gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
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gptkbp:laborUnionName
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gptkb:Brotherhood_of_Sleeping_Car_Porters
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gptkbp:laborUnionRecognized
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1937
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gptkbp:legacy
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inspired later labor and civil rights activism
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gptkbp:nickname
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George (by passengers)
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gptkbp:notableFor
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African American labor history
improving working conditions for Black workers
labor union organizing
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gptkbp:notablePerson
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gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
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gptkbp:officeLocation
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gptkb:Pullman_sleeping_cars
railroad trains
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gptkbp:primaryDemographic
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African American men
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gptkbp:significance
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first African American labor union to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Pullman_Company
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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