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First African American Motorman

First African American Motorman

James Stewart is the first African American motorman. William Poisell instructs Stewart on how to operate a trolley car.

About this item

is part of: Philadelphia Transit Strike of 1944
contributing repository: Temple University
title: First African American Motorman
date(s) created: 1944-08-09
creator(s): unknown
language: English
subjects: African Americans–Civil rights, African Americans–Employment–Pennsylvania–Philadelphia, Civil rights, Public transportation, Strikes and lockouts
identifier (local): P549168B
link to item in repository’s digital library: https://exhibits.temple.edu/s/civil-rights-in-a-northern-cit/item/18841
rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/