Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle: Stories of Black Pullman Porters

by Jack Santino

Book Overview

As service workers in a luxurious sleeping-car train system, Pullman porters had both the highest status in the black community and the lowest rank on the train. They were trapped in the dual roles of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252015916
• ISBN13: 9780252015915
• Release Date: June 1989
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.