In 1925, dignity came for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters when the ... Tye estimates that when his book came out in 2004, there were about 20 living Pullman porters. Now there are none.
Railroads formed the backbone of America. Starting in the 1800s, trains hauled millions of pounds of freight and passengers ...
Its history not only preserved through its architecture and its role in the labor movement, but by two brothers who worked ...
The 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 ...