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Release. February 24, 2002. ( 2002-02-24) 10,000 Black Men Named George is a 2002 Showtime TV movie about A. Philip Randolph and his coworkers Milton P. Webster and Ashley Totten. The title refers to the custom of the time when Pullman porters, all of whom were black, were addressed as "George"; a sobriquet for George Pullman, who owned the ...
Feb 24, 2002 · 10,000 Black Men Named George: Directed by Robert Townsend. With Andre Braugher, Charles S. Dutton, Mario Van Peebles, Brock Peters. Union activist Asa Philip Randolph's efforts to organize the black porters of the Pullman Rail Company in 1920s America.
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10,000 Black Men Named George, the title, refers to the fact Pullman porters were often called "George" by white passengers, which was considered a racial slur. In the 1920s, the rights of American workers to join a labor union was still considered an open question, and African-Americans were routinely denied their civil and economic rights.
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10,000 Black Men Named George was a 2002 award-winning, made-for-TV film, not a documentary. With grasping and capable course, composing and acting, the movie not only brought to life the 12-year organizing struggle (1925–1937) for the first all-Black union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
