doi:10.7916/d8-yr2r-4z51Oral history interview with Benjamin F. McLaurin, 1960McLaurin, Benjamin F., 1906-1989oral historiesmixed materialLabor unions--Officials and employeesAfrican Americans--EmploymentLabor laws and legislationUnited States Race relationsSouthern States Economic conditionsMcLaurin, Benjamin F., 1906-1989Brotherhood of Sleeping Car PortersAmerican Labor Party of the State of New YorkNational Urban LeagueNational Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleChildhood and education, Florida; Edward Water College; labor school at University of Wisconsin, Brookwood Labor College; Pullman Company, organization of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Railway Labor Act amendment; A. Philip Randolph; salaries, tips, and pensions; Fair Employment Practices Committee, American Negro Labor Council; life in Harlem; International Ladies Auxiliary; company unions, AFL-CIO relationships; American Labor Party; Morris Hillquit; Urban League, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; organizing in the South; March on Washington, 1941