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African Americans on the B&O Railroad

Courtney Wilson, director of the B&O Railroad Museum tells us about an exhibitabout the jobs available to black Americans during the railway’s heyday. Stable jobs like porter and cook paid relatively well, but demanded long hours and often difficult conditions.

Correction: It was A. Philip Randolph, not E. Philip Randolph, who organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first predominantly African-American labor union. 

Sheilah Kast is the host of On The Record, Monday-Friday, 9:30-10:00 am.
Maureen Harvie is Senior Supervising Producer for On the Record. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and joined WYPR in 2014 as an intern for the newsroom. Whether coordinating live election night coverage, capturing the sounds of a roller derby scrimmage, interviewing veterans, or booking local authors, she is always on the lookout for the next story.