Black Facts: On This Day In 1925......Six men organized themselves as the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, held their first formal meeting, beginning what would become one of the most successful union organizing efforts in history. The union gave voice to the many railroad porters and attendants who were forced to work long hourse for relatively meager wages and benefits. By 1959, the union claimed more than 15,000 members. Its long-time president was A. Philip Randolph, who would go on to be a great civil rights leader. The message: This organization is not here because somebody loved it; it is here because it pushed everybody out of its way.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:18:25 +0000
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