Railroads in the African American Experience: A Photographic Journey. Theodore Kornweibel Jr.

Railroads in the African American Experience: A Photographic Journey



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Railroads in the African American Experience: A Photographic Journey Theodore Kornweibel Jr. ebook
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Page: 568
ISBN: 9780801891625

This captivating book takes readers on an illustrated tour of the black railroad experience from slavery to Amtrak. With almost 200 images—many never before published—Theodore Kornweibel, Jr., examines the significant contributions of African Americans to the building, maintenance, operation, and profitability of the American railway system. The history of American railroads, Kornweibel makes clear, cannot be separated from African American history. For over a century, railroading provided the most important industrial occupation for blacks. Brakemen, firemen, porters, chefs, mechanics, laborers—African American men and women have been essential to the ...

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