Pullman Porters union and the Civil Rights Movement

Rising from the Rails: How A. Philip Randolph and the Pullman Porters Helped Pave the Way for the Civil Rights Movement






See also Vanguard of the Black Middle Class

“Treat Us Right – Not White” – NAPFE History Revealed

One cannot discuss the struggle for African-American compensated employment in the United States without studying the circumstances that led to the founding of the National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees (NAPFE). Paul Nehru Tennassee has made this scholarship easier with his book “History of the National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees 1913-1945: Treat Us Right Not White“, a compelling documentation of the union’s story.


This is an inspiring interview you'll really get a lot out of viewing it.

“Treat Us Right – Not White” – NAPFE History Revealed