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Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle is a 1982 documentary film about a group of Pullman car porters who organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - claimed to be the first African American trade union.
This oral history documentary tells the story of the Pullman porters who organized the first Black labor union.
To watch the entire documentary, to read background information and to order DVDs, visit: http://newsreel.org/video/MILES-OF-SM... "Miles of Smiles" chronicles the organizing of...
22 de oct. de 2018 · The story of the organizing of the first black trade union - The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - provides an account of African American working life between the Civil War and World War II.
A documentary film with the title Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm acetate film with bilateral area optical sound. The documentary details the history of the Black Pullman Porters who organized for the right to unionize and form the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
17 de jul. de 2013 · Miles of smiles, years of struggle : stories of Black Pullman porters. by. Santino, Jack. Publication date. 1989. Topics. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, African American labor union members, Discrimination in employment, Race discrimination, Pullman porters. Publisher.
Narrator Rosina Tucker, a 100 year old union organizer and porter's widow, describes how after a 12 year struggle led by A. Philip Randolph, the porters won the first contract ever negotiated with black workers.
