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Title

Rising from the Rails: The Story of the Pullman Porter

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They Rose from the Rails
Overview

RISING FROM THE RAILS: THE STORY OF THE PULLMAN PORTER, a documentary based on the best-selling book by Larry Tye, chronicles the relatively unheralded Pullman Porters, generations of African American men who served as caretakers to wealthy white passengers on luxury trains that traversed the nation during the golden age of rail. Unbeknownst to most of their white passengers, porters played critical political and cultural roles, becoming trailblazers in the struggle for African American dignity and self-sufficiency, patriarchs of black labor unions, and helping give birth to the Civil Rights Movement. Ultimately, however, their greatest legacy is that which they left to future generations.

0h 47m

Dutch; Flemish (nl-NL)

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Overview

Een documentaire gebaseerd op het bestverkochte boek van Larry Tye, beschrijft de relatief onaangekondigde Pullman Porters, generaties Afro-Amerikaanse mannen die dienden als verzorgers van rijke blanke passagiers op luxe treinen die het land doorkruisten tijdens de gouden eeuw van het spoor. Zonder dat de meeste van hun blanke passagiers het wisten, speelden dragers een cruciale politieke en culturele rol, werden ze pioniers in de strijd voor Afro-Amerikaanse waardigheid en zelfvoorziening, patriarchen van zwarte vakbonden en hielpen ze bij het ontstaan van de burgerrechtenbeweging. Uiteindelijk is hun grootste erfenis echter die welke ze hebben nagelaten aan toekomstige generaties.

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