Records of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: Records of the Ladies Auxiliary of the BSCP, 1931-1968 (10 reels)

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Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, reports, grievances, scrapbooks, clippings, fliers, newsletters, and publications; topical, financial, and membership files; and sound recordings of speeches, interviews, and conferences that were created by or collected by the Chicago Division office of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first national African American trade union. Files containing agendas, minutes, correspondence, and reports pertinent to the President's committee of Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC) and correspondence with A. Philip Randolph are present. The records of the BSCP International Ladies' Auxiliary include correspondence, financial and membership files, and printed materials from the Ladies' Auxiliary of the BSCP. Also includes a St. Louis Division of the BSCP scrapbook containing clippings, correspondence, pamphlets, handbills, photographs, and news releases relative to the proposed March on Washington, material on the FEPC, and other civil rights issues.