The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters advocated for the rights of the people under caps, working-class people who challenged the authority of corporate elites and white railroad unions, which ...

Today, people board jets or hybrid minivans to travel cross-country. But from the late 19th to mid-20th century, people traveled by train. And that's where they met the legendary Pullman porters. The ...

Last week, the Pullman Porter, most famed servant in the U. S., started to go on strike. Then, at the last moment, he changed his mind, “for obvious reasons.” But he said he would strike some other ...

The B&O Railroad began in 1828 and inside the museum on Pratt Street, you'll find pieces that depict its history in Maryland and across the country.African-American history with the railroad began ...

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