Former Headquarters for the International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, 817 Q Street NW

ID: 4129 ~ Source: DC Office of Planning, 2004

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Employment - A. Philip Randolph and the International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: 817 Q Street NW

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Employment - A. Philip Randolph and the International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: 817 Q Street NW

Civil Rights Tour: Employment - A. Philip Randolph and the International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: 817 Q Street NW

By DC Historic Preservation Office

The Victorian rowhouse at 817 Q Street NW was, for more than three decades between 1943 and 1978, the local chapter office of the International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP). Socialist…