A Long Hard Journey: The Story of the Pullman Porter (Walker's American History Series for Young People) - Softcover

McKissack, Pat; McKissack, Fredrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802774377 ISBN 13: 9780802774378

Publisher: Walker & Co, 1995

Synopsis

The moving story of the courage and solidarity that helped shape the history of African Americans explains how the actions of the train workers fraternity helped change the way of labor and the civil rights movement in this country. Winner of the Coretta Scott King Award. Reprint.

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Review:

More than just the story of the Pullman porters, this volume recounts the saga of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, first major black labor union to be admitted to the AFL. Organized by A. Phillip Randolph just after the Civil War, the union brought together many freed slaves who had been hired by George Pullman to pamper the passengers in his sleeping cars. Seasoned with poetry, song, black-and-white historical photographs and the personal reminiscences of porters and their wives, the text is full and engaging. It offers an excellent introduction to labor history. A Long Hard Journey won the 1990 Coretta Scott King Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker & Co
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0802774377
• ISBN 13: 9780802774378
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160