Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle (1982)

Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle

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Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle 1982

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Title: Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
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Crew: Paul Wagner (Director), Paul Wagner (Editor), Jack Santino (Producer), Paul Wagner (Producer)
Keyword: civil rights, black trade union, brotherhood of sleeping car porters, black america

Overview: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. Miles of Smiles chronicles the organizing of the first black trade union - the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. This inspiring story of the Pullman porters provides one of the few accounts of African American working life between the Civil War and World War II. Describes the harsh discrimination which lay behind the porters' smiling service. 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. Miles of Smiles both recovers an important chapter in the emergence of black America and reveals a key source of the Civil Rights movement.

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Release: Sep 01, 1982 Runtime: 59 minutes Quality: HD IMDb: 10 / 10 by 0 users Popularity: 0.1793 Budget: $0 Revenue: $0 Language: English

Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle

Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle 1982

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