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Why Did Pullman Railway Porters Organize the Brotherhood of Sleeping

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Why did Pullman railway porters organize the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925?


A) They had become frustrated with exclusion from white unions.
B) They were tired with the emphasis on civil rights and the lack of focus on working rights.
C) They resented Pullman's effort to replace them with black porters as strikebreakers.
D) Until 1924, they had enjoyed the protection of the government because of the wartime nationalization of railroads.

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