Describe the efforts of A. Philip Randolph to organize black porters who worked for the Pullman Company. How successful were those efforts?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
Answer:
1. Define the Pullman Company as the largest employer of black people in the nation, with 12,000 black workers in the 1920s.
2. Explain that A. Philip 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 at the 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 black workers joined the union.
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