Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America, 1925-1945

Name: Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America, 1925-1945
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ISBN: 9780807849293

ISBN-10: 0807849294

ISBN-13: 9780807849293

Edition: 2001

Authors: Beth Tompkins Bates

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Between World War I and World War II, African Americans' quest for civil rights took on a more aggressive character as a new group of black activists challenged the politics of civility traditionally embraced by old-guard leaders in favor of a more forceful protest strategy. Beth Tompkins Bates traces the rise of this new protest politics--which was grounded in making demands and backing them up with collective action--by focusing on the struggle of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) to form a union in Chicago, headquarters of the Pullman Company. Bates shows how the BSCP overcame initial opposition from most of Chicago's black leaders by linking its union message with the…

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List price: $42.50
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 6/18/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Beth Tompkins Bates is professor emerita at Wayne State University and author of Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America, 1925-1945.



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Pullman Porters and the Rise of Protest Politics in Black America, 1925-1945


Introduction



No More Servants in the House



The Politics of Paternalism and Patronage in Black Chicago



Biting the Hand That Feeds Us



Launching a Social Movement, 1928-1930



Forging Alliances



New-Crowd Networks and the Course of Protest Politics, 1935-1940



We Are Americans, Too



Protest Politics Comes of Age


Notes


Bibliography


Index