Rosina Tucker

Rosina Tucker
Born
Rosina Budd Harvey

(1881-11-04)4 November 1881
Died3 March 1987(1987-03-03) (aged 105)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesRosina Corrothers
Occupation(s)labor organizer, civil rights activist, educator
Spouse(s)James D. Corrothers
Berthea J. Tucker

Rosina Tucker (4 November 1881 - 3 March 1987) 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. At the age of one hundred, Tucker narrated a documentary about the union, Miles of Smiles, Years of Struggle.


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