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Black porters were educated well but still were not able to get a proper job they would help them eat lots of money for the knowledge that they had.they worked for 21 hours a day and with 3 hours of sleep and working as servants ,they did not gain anything from their education due to racism and discrimination back then.
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The Pullman Porters organized and founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925. The BSCP was the very first African-American labor union to sign a collective bargaining agreement with a major U.S. corporation. A. Philip Randolph was the determined, dedicated, and articulate president of this union who fought to improve the working conditions and pay for the Pullman Porters. The images were added to enhance the article published in The Nation.
Fight or be Slaves
Fight or be Slaves
Working-class Negroes won a decisive victory on July 1 when the National Mediation Board certified the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters as the duly authorized representative of the porters and maids employed by the Pullman Company. This certification and the election which preceded it were the climax in a courageous struggle for labor organization and collective bargaining which has been carried on for more than a decade against great odds.