10,000 black men named George / Showtime and Paramount Pictures present ; producer, Michelle Mundy ; written by Cyrus Nowrasteh ; directed by Robert Townsend.
Edition:
Full screen format.
Publisher:
CBS DVD,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
1 videodisc (89 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
André Braugher, Charles S. Dutton, Mario Van Peebles, Brock Peters, Carla Brothers, Kenneth McGregor, Ernestine Jackson, Ellen Holly. Title from disc label; video not viewed by cataloger. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002. Based on the book, "A long hard journey" by Fredrick McKissack. Full screen.
Summary:
The true story of the formation of the first black-controlled union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Asa Philip Randolph, a black journalist establishes a voice for the forgotten workers of the Pullman Rail Company, were all black porters were simply named "George", after George Pullman, the first person to employ emancipated slaves.
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