Displaying 1 of 1 2004 Format: Book Author: Tye, Larry. Title: Rising from the rails : Pullman porters and the making of the Black middle class / Larry Tye. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Henry Holt, 2004. Description: xvii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Summary: Describes how the Pullman Company hired former slaves as sleeping car porters and became the largest employer of African American men in the country by the 1920s, creating a unique culture that blazed a path for a black middle class. Subjects: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- History. Pullman porters -- United States -- History. African Americans -- Social conditions. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Out of bondage, all aboard -- Rough rides, intimate encounters -- My name's not George -- Saint Philip and the battle for brotherhood -- Behind the mask -- Train to freedom -- A legacy that lasts. Web Site: Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2003067573 ISBN: 0805070753 9780805070750 0805078509 9780805078503 Other Number: 53926648 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 140943 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 331.88 Tye Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
