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Honoring Black History: Pullman Porters on the High Plains
AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — Railroads formed the backbone of America. Starting in the 1800s, trains hauled millions of ...
The Black railroad car attendants made a lasting impact on American history. One leader of the Pullman porters' labor movement settled in Bayfield County, and his legacy is coming to new light. Jerry ...
A South Side Chicago institution is honoring a historic milestone. On Aug. 25, 1925, Pullman porters formed what would become a historic union representing train workers. A century later, the ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The rails in Pullman are empty, but the company town was bustling in the late 1800s. "Men, women and children coming from all corners of the world and all striving for the opportunity ...
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Pullman porters and the fight for equality
A century can seem like a long time, especially given the accelerating rate of change that oppresses all of us. At the same time, 100 years is one long lifetime. Almost 100,000 now-living Americans ...
CHICAGO — An African-American Labor History Museum in Chicago hosted its annual solidarity breakfast on Saturday. The event is hosted by the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, which ...
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