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 ...

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 ...

Chicago businessman George Pullman started hiring thousands of Black men, many former slaves, to serve passengers traveling the country on luxurious sleeping cars, known as Pullman cars.

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

Phillip Randolph formed the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. The National Park Service notes that at the time, porters made up 44% of the Pullman workforce, and Pullman was the largest ...

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 ...