@article{348647,
      author = {Kornweibel, Theodore.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/348647},
      title = {Railroads in the African American experience : a  photographic journey /},
      publisher = {Johns Hopkins University Press,},
      abstract = {"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 daily  operation and success of American railroads. The  connections between railroads and African Americans extend  well beyond employment. Civil rights protests beginning in  the late 19th century challenged railroad segregation and  job discrimination; the major waves of black migration to  the North depended almost entirely on railroads; and  railroad themes and imagery penetrated deep into black art,  literature, drama, folklore, and music."--P. 2 of cover.},
      recid = {348647},
      pages = {xxii, 557 p. :},
      address = {Baltimore :},
      year = {2010},
}