- Creator
- Tucker, Rosina Corrothers
- Call number
- Sc MG 372
- Physical description
- 0.4 linear feet
- Preferred Citation
- [Item], Rosina C. Tucker Papers, Sc MG 372, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
- Access to materials
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Born in 1881 in Washington D.C., Rosina Corrothers Tucker worked as a union organizer for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and served as the first president of the union's Ladies Auxiliary. She assisted in the planning for a March on Washington in 1941 to demand fair employment practices for African Americans, and also helped organize laundry and domestic workers in the District of Columbia. A prominent church, civic and community activist in Washington D.C., she helped found the Northeast Women's Club, served as the first president of the Public Interest Civic Association, and was the driving force in a campaign for the expansion and construction of better public schools in Washington D.C. She is the author of an autobiographical work "My Life As I Lived It," and was the narrator for the television documentary "Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggles," produced in 1982. Correspondence, certificates and awards, speeches, printed matter and other documents marking the celebration of Rosina Tucker's 100 birthday, her contribution to the trade-union movement and her many achievements as a community and civil rights organizer.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Prof. Joseph Wilson, 1988
Key terms
Names
- Tucker, Rosina Corrothers
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
- Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Ladies Auxiliary
Subjects
- African American women
- Labor unions -- Porters -- United States
- Labor unions -- United States -- Organizing
- Railroads -- Employees -- Labor unions -- United States
- Women labor union members -- United States
Titles
Using the collection
Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, NY 10037-1801
Second Floor