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Rosina Tucker

American labor organizer, civil rights activist and educator (1881-1987) · Activists · Died at 105

Rosina Corrothers-Tucker was an American labor organizer, civil rights activist, and educator. She is best known for helping to organize the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first African-American trade union.

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Awards

D.C. Women's Hall of Fame1993
Candace Award1983

About this person

At the age of one hundred, Tucker narrated a documentary about the union, Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle.

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Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1881 to 1987 · aged 105