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A fascinating social history describes how, in the 1920s, the largest employer of African-American men in the country became the Pullman company, which hired former slaves as sleeping car porters, creating a unique culture of language, lore, and legend that blazed a path for a black middle class. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
Title: Rising From The Rails
Author: Tye, Larry
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Publication Date: 2005/05/01
Number of Pages: 314
Binding Type: PAPERBACK
Library of Congress: oc2007122158"""
