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Cottrell Laurence Dellums (January 3, 1900 – December 6, 1989) was an American labor activist and one of the organizers and leaders of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Dellums worked as a porter for the Pullman Company from 1924 to 1927 and was discharged in part due to his open support of unionization.
18 de ene. de 2007 · Cottrell Lawrence Dellums was born in Corsicana, Texas and came to the San Francisco Bay area as a young man. He became a major African American trade union activist, and was the uncle of Ron Dellums, who represented Oakland in the U.S. Congress for many years, and for whom he was a powerful role model.
C.L. Dellums. In 1925, porters from the Pullman Company formed the first nationwide Black union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP), to fight for better wages and less exploitative working conditions.
4 de nov. de 2014 · A tireless champion of the rights of workers and African Americans, Dellums active with civil rights organizations and unions until his death in 1989 at the age of 89. The African American Museum & Library at Oakland recently completed a digitization project to the Cottrell Laurence Papers available online.
9 de dic. de 1989 · C. L. Dellums, a labor and civil rights leader, died of cardiac arrest Thursday in Oakland, Calif., where he had lived for the last 66 years. He was 89 years old. In the 1920's, Mr. Dellums...
The talents of C. L. Dellums made him one of America's most distinguished citizens—Labor Leader—Civil Rights and Human Rights Fighters For Freedom. He was one of the chief architects for enlightened legislation which led California and the nation to a new day for foes of discrimination and segregation based on race, color, and creed.
4 de feb. de 2017 · Description : Interview with union and civil rights leader C.L. (Cottrell Laurence) Dellums discussing his work with A. Philip Randolph, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, Executive Order 8802 and the March on Washington. Source: 4 Tapes of 4: Betacam SP. Collection Guide : Cottrell Laurence Dellums Papers. Rights : Copyrighted.
