Rosina Tucker | |
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Born | Rosina Budd Harvey 4 November 1881 |
Died | 3 March 1987 | (aged 105)
Nationality | American |
Other names | Rosina 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.