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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: January 9, 2014
Caption: C. L. Dellums Plaque
Additional Description: This plaque is located in the lobby of the Delllums Amtrak Station

C. L. Dellums
1900 – 1980
Dellums, a porter fired by the Pullman Company in 1927 for his organizing activities, co-founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1937, the first labor union established and led by African Americans. He worked to assure defense jobs for minorities during World War II, and led the NAACP for the West Coast Region as its founding president.
Submitted: January 18, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p264664
File Size: 3.538 Megabytes

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