International President of The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and civil rights leader : oral history transcript / Cottrell Laurence Dellums
Creator
Dellums, C. L. (Cottrell Laurence), Interviewee
Contributor
Dellums, C. L. (Cottrell Laurence), Interviewee Henderson, Joyce, Interviewer
Date Created and/or Issued
1970-1973 1970 1973
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The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000; http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ Berkeley, Calif.; : Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office
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Description
Comments on work for the Pullman Co. as porter; formation of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and offices held in the union; friendship with A. Philip Randolph; fight against discrimination in unions; Earl Warren; 1934 San Francisco waterfront strike; association with N.A.A.C.P.; establishment of the California Fair Employment Practices Commission and his service with the Commission. Photographs inserted Part of the African American Oral History Collection from the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Copyright by The Regents of the University of California. This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Pullman Company Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Labor unions--United States Strikes and lockouts--California--San Francisco African Americans--California--Oakland Randolph, A. Philip. (Asa Philip), 1889- Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
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