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(Ebook) Boss of the Grips - The Life of James H. Williams and the Red Caps of Grand Central Terminal by Eric K Washington ISBN 9781631493225, 9781631493232, 1631493221, 163149323X

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Authors:Eric K Washington
Pages:0 pages.
Year:2019
Editon:First edition
Publisher:National Geographic Books
Language:english
File Size:39.3 MB
Format:epub
ISBNS:9781631493225, 9781631493232, 1631493221, 163149323X
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(Ebook) Boss of the Grips - The Life of James H. Williams and the Red Caps of Grand Central Terminal by Eric K Washington ISBN 9781631493225, 9781631493232, 1631493221, 163149323X

In a feat of remarkable research and timely reclamation, Eric K. Washington uncovers the nearly forgotten life of James H. Williams (1878–1948), the chief porter of Grand Central Terminal’s Red Caps—a multitude of Harlem-based black men whom he organized into the essential labor force of America’s most august railroad station. Washington reveals that despite the highly racialized and often exploitative nature of the work, the Red Cap was a highly coveted job for college-bound black men determined to join New York’s bourgeoning middle class. Examining the deeply intertwined subjects of class, labor, and African American history, Washington chronicles Williams’s life, showing how the enterprising son of freed slaves successfully navigated the segregated world of the northern metropolis, and in so doing ultimately achieved financial and social influence. With this biography, Williams must now be considered, along with Cornelius Vanderbilt and Jacqueline Onassis, one of the great heroes of Grand Central’s storied past.
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