Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters records, 1920-1968

Biographical Notes

Date	Event
1906, May 26	Born, Jacksonville, Fla.
1925	Moved to Chicago, Ill. Employed by the Pullman Co.
1931	Attended Brookwood Labor College, Katona, N.Y. Local organizer, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
1935	International field organizer, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
1938	Married Margaret L. Frye
1945	Labor candidate, city council, New York, N.Y.
circa 1959	Eastern zone supervisor, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

Date	Event
1889, Apr. 15	Born, Crescent City, Fla.
1914	Married Lucille E. Campbell
1917	Organized small union of elevator operators, New York, N.Y.
1921	Socialist candidate, secretary of state for New York
1925	Organized Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
1935	Member, Fiorello H. La Guardia's Commission on Race
1941	Organized March on Washington Movement Honorary LL.D., Howard University, Washington, D.C. Member, New York City Housing Authority
1957-1968	Vice president, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
1963	Participated in organization of March on Washington
1964	Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
1979, May 16	Died, New York, N.Y.

Date	Event
1884, Oct. 11	Born, St. Croix, Virgin Islands
1905	Immigrated to United States
1911	Naturalized as United States citizen
1927	Married Nellie V. Victoria
1932	International secretary-treasurer, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters President, American Virgin Islands Civic Association
1937	National reporting officer, Railroad Retirement Board
1963	Died, New York, N.Y.