10,000 Black Men Named George, 2002
Scope and Contents
Based during the great depression when poor black males were all called "George" after George Pullman. Phillip Randolph, a black journalist, agrees to fight for the Pullman porters' cause and then form the first black union in America.
Dates
- Creation: 2002
Conditions Governing Access
Selections from the IRLE Audiovisual Collection are available at the our Memory Work vimeo: https://vimeo.com/memoryworkla
Additional videos and original recordings are housed in the offices of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment in the Ueberroth Building (10945 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024) and are only available upon request by the researcher. For inquiries about accessing our collections, contact IRLEarchive@irle.ucla.edu.
Extent
1 Videocassettes (VHS)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Spanish; Castilian
Repository Details
Part of the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) Archive Repository