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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.
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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- Drama
- Robert Townsend
- 2002-02-24
Labor organizer Asa Philip Randolph (Andre Braugher) faces racism and corruption in a battle to unionize railway porters.
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- Robert Townsend
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- Andre Braugher
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.
Feb 24, 2002 · The film depicts the struggle of African-American Pullman porters in the 1920s, who were often called "George" by white passengers as a racial slur. It is directed by Robert Townsend and written by Cyrus Nowrasteh.
10,000 Black Men Named George - Where to Watch and Stream - TV Guide. 2002. 1 hr 35 mins. Drama. R. Watchlist. A biopic following the story of Asa Philip Randolph, a political...
Synopsis. 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. 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 ...
