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 ...

Railroads formed the backbone of America. Starting in the 1800s, trains hauled millions of pounds of freight and passengers daily from point A to point B.

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 ...

The legacy and impact of George Pullman and the Pullman Porters are featured in murals displayed along the Kennedy Expressway.

So the train became that vehicle." It was that same year when George Pullman, a pioneer of railroad travel, had just completed the first luxury sleeping car, changing the game for cros- country ...