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Brailsford R. Brazeal papers
Collection of papers from Dr. Brailsford Reese Brazeal, an educator, economist, author, labor and civil rights activist. He dedicated much of his life to education, human relations, labor issues, and racial equality.
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Creator
Brazeal, Brailsford R.
Date of Original
1922/1994-03-11
Subject
African American authors
African American educators
African American men
African American universities and colleges
African American civil rights workers
Pullman porters
Transportation
African American women
African American children
African Americans--Civil rights
Oral history
African American families
People
Nixon, Edgar Daniel
Location
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
Medium
archival materials
audiotapes
black-and-white photographs
color photographs
transcripts
visual works (works)
Type
Still Image
Sound
Text
Description
Collection of papers from Dr. Brailsford Reese Brazeal, an educator, economist, author, labor and civil rights activist. He dedicated much of his life to education, human relations, labor issues, and racial equality. He received his bachelor's degree from Morehouse College in 1927 and his master's degree in economics at Columbia University in 1928. He also received his Ph.D. from Columbia in economics and political science in 1942. Dr. Brazeal's scholarly interests and research focused extensively on labor equality and worker rights; he is especially noted for his research on the Pullman porters, and he published "The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters" in 1946. He was also involved in several collegiate and community organizations, including the Sigma Pi Phi (Boule), Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and Phi Beta Kappa.
Holding Institution
Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
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