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Plot. The film follows union activist A. Philip Randolph 's efforts to organize the black porters of the Pullman Company in 1920s America, known as the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The effort was intertwined with the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States.
10,000 Black Men Named George: Dirigido por Robert Townsend. Com Andre Braugher, Charles S. Dutton, Mario Van Peebles, Brock Peters. Union activist Asa Philip Randolph's efforts to organize the black porters of the Pullman Rail Company in 1920s America.
Theatrical Poster Release. 10,000 Black Men Named George was a 2002 award-winning, made-for-TV film, not a documentary. With grasping and capable course, composing and acting, the movie not only brought to life the 12-year organizing struggle (1925–1937) for the first all-Black union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
10,000 Black Men Named George. Labor organizer Asa Philip Randolph (Andre Braugher) faces racism and corruption in a battle to unionize railway porters.
- Drama
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24 de fev. de 2002 · Overview. In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights. 10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact Pullman porters were often called "George" by white passengers, which was ...
The only available jobs are as porters for the Pullman Rail Company (which pays blacks one-third of what white employees make). Synopsis During the Depression, gainful employment is practically nonexistent for African-Americans.
