Why did the Pullman porters organize into a union? How did they address difficulties presented by white-owned corporations?
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Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Define the Pullman Company as the largest employer of blacks in the nation, with 12,000 blacks working for the company in the 1920s.
2. Explain that A. Phillip Randolph, a socialist labor leader, attempted to organize the brotherhood to provide improved working conditions for black porters.
3. Note that Randolph attempted to negotiate with the Pullman Company but was rebuffed and the brotherhood was infiltrated by company spies and agents.
4. Explain that Randolph called for a strike in 1928 but called it off upon request of the AFL.
5. Conclude that the brotherhood made later gains during the 1930s when federal legislation provided greater support for unions in the workplace and more blacks joined the union.
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