International President of The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and civil rights leader :
oral history transcript /
Cottrell Laurence Dellums; tape recorded interview conducted by Joyce Henderson in 1970-1971. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, California, 1973 :
and related material,
1970-1973.

Description

Main Author

Dellums, C. L. (Cottrell Laurence)

Related Names

Pittman, Tarea Hall.
Henderson, Joyce, interviewer.
Earl Warren Oral History Project (Bancroft Library)
Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.

Language(s)

English

Subjects

Warren, Earl, > Warren, Earl, / 1891-1974.
Randolph, A. Philip > Randolph, A. Philip / (Asa Philip), > Randolph, A. Philip / (Asa Philip), / 1889-1979.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
Pullman Company.
African Americans > African Americans / California > African Americans / California / Oakland.
Strikes and lockouts > Strikes and lockouts / California > Strikes and lockouts / California / San Francisco.
Labor unions > Labor unions / United States.
Oral histories.

Summary

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.

Note

Introduction by Tarea Hall Pittman.
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Physical Description

Phonotapes : 5 sound tape reels : analog, 3 3/4 ips, 2 track ; 5 in.
Transcript : [18], 159 leaves ; 28 cm. + related material.

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