MyHighPlains on MSN6d
Honoring Black History: Pullman Porters on the High PlainsRailroads formed the backbone of America. Starting in the 1800s, trains hauled millions of pounds of freight and passengers ...
In 1925, dignity came for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters when the organization got a charter from the American Federation of Labor. The men were issued name tags. Since the Pullman ...
FOX 32 Chicago on MSN16d
Chicago's Pullman porters formed first all-Black labor union 100 years agoThe BriefOne hundred years ago, Chicago's Pullman porters formed the first all-Black labor union in the U.S., paving the way for civil rights advancements.A. Phillip Randolph and Milton P. Webster ...
Its history not only preserved through its architecture and its role in the labor movement, but by two brothers who worked ...
The little-known story of the wives and maids who helped propel the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters to a groundbreaking agreement with the Pullman Company. Rosina Corrothers-Tucker had spent days ...
providing jobs as Pullman Porters to those freed by the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment. Despite facing exploitative working conditions, these men joined together as the "Brotherhood ...
From The Pittsburg (Penn.) Post. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. Subscribers may view ...
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