Boss of the Grips : The Life of James H. Williams and the Red Caps of Grand Central Terminal - Eric K. Washington Pages:352 pages, 80 photographs a young accountant whose story

a young accountant whose story reveals how learning can still take place even if goals are not met

Printmaker Angie Lewin is widely admired for her alluringly stylish images of the natural world

evolving new literary styles and stretching the possibilities of social realism

Drawing on the examples of Jonathan Swift and Theodor Adorno

Boss of the Grips : The Life of James H. Williams and the Red Caps of Grand Central Terminal - Eric K. Washington Pages:352 pages, 80 photographs a young accountant whose storyIn a feat of remarkable research and timely reclamation, Eric K. Washington uncovers the nearly forgotten life of James H. Williams (1878 1948), the chief porter of Grand Central Terminal's Red Caps a multitude of Harlem based black men whom he organized into the essential labor force of America's most august railroad station. Washington reveals that despite the highly racialized and often exploitative nature of the work, the Red Cap was a highly