Frank Boyd was a celebrated organizer in Minnesota for the country's most influential African-American labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Boyd was born on November 17, 1881, the oldest of four children. He grew up in Atchison, Kansas, a railroad town where he received seven years of schooling. In 1907, Boyd found work […]

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