Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

E482687

civil rights organization labor organization women’s auxiliary organization

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was the women’s organization that supported and advanced the labor and civil rights efforts of the pioneering African American railway porters’ union.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights organization ⓘ labor organization ⓘ women’s auxiliary organization ⓘ
abbreviation	LABSCP NERFINISHED ⓘ
activity	community service ⓘ fundraising for union organizing campaigns ⓘ political education ⓘ support for strikes and labor negotiations ⓘ voter registration and mobilization ⓘ
associatedIndustry	railroad transportation ⓘ
associatedWith	A. Philip Randolph NERFINISHED ⓘ Black working-class communities ⓘ Lucille Campbell Randolph NERFINISHED ⓘ
communityBase	urban African American neighborhoods in the United States ⓘ
composition	primarily wives and female relatives of sleeping car porters ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ethnicFocus	African Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ
field	civil rights ⓘ labor rights ⓘ women’s activism ⓘ
focus	improving working and living conditions for sleeping car porters and their families ⓘ
genderFocus	women ⓘ
historicalSignificance	contributed to early 20th-century Black women’s labor activism ⓘ linked labor rights campaigns with broader civil rights struggles ⓘ played a key role in sustaining the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters during organizing drives ⓘ
ideology	gendered community uplift ⓘ racial equality ⓘ trade unionism ⓘ
movement	African American civil rights movement ⓘ American labor movement ⓘ Black freedom struggle ⓘ
name	Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	supporting the first major African American-led labor union to gain a collective bargaining agreement with a major corporation ⓘ
organizationalType	auxiliary to a trade union ⓘ
parentOrganization	Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to advance African American civil rights ⓘ to advance African American labor rights ⓘ to provide mutual aid and community support for porters’ families ⓘ to support the organizing efforts of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ⓘ
sector	railroad industry support ⓘ
supportRole	helped sustain families during periods of labor conflict ⓘ provided logistical and moral support to union organizers and porters ⓘ

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters → hasPart → Ladies Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters ⓘ