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Author

Title Rising from the rails : Pullman porters and the making of the Black middle class / Larry Tye.

Imprint

New York : Henry Holt, 2004.

Location		Call No.	Status
GDL Central Library Non-Fiction		331.8811 TYE	Available

Edition	1st ed.
Description	xvii, 314 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) 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.
Subject	Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -- History.
	Pullman porters -- United States -- History.
	African Americans -- Social conditions.
ISBN	0805070753 : $26.00