Format:
Book
Title:
A long hard journey : the story of the pullman porter / by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack.
Author:
McKissack, Pat, 1944-2017
Call Number:
j331.881138 McKissac
Publisher, Date:
New York : Walker, 1989.
Description:
xiii, 144 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Summary:
A chronicle of the first black-controlled union, made up of Pullman porters, who after years of unfair labor practices staged a battle against a corporate giant resulting in a "David and Goliath" ending.
Series:
Walker's American history series for young people
Walker's American history series for young people.
Subjects:
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- History.
Pullman Company -- History.
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- History.
Pullman Company -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Pullman Company -- History.
Porters -- History.
Porters -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Coretta Scott King Award.
Other Author:
McKissack, Fredrick.
ISBN:
0802768849