The Black workers hired as porters and maids often encountered racism on the job. Black workers were hired to be porters and maids for the Pullman company, and had to cater to passengers’ every whim.

The Hotel Florence was opulent and luxurious when the Pullman Palace Car Company controlled an area of Chicago's Far South ...

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 ...

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Pullman: a man, a company, a town, a movement. Pullman: a man, a company, a town, a movement. The story of Pullman represents a nexus of race, class, and politics that defined the labor movement, laid ...

Visit Loomis Boulevard just off 49th Street in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood today, and you'll find a mural honoring Chicago police officers and firefighters painted on a concrete ...

Chick-fil-A restaurants are easy to find — except on the South Side of Chicago. But that’s about to change. The first Chick-fil-A on the city’s South Side opens this February in the Pullman ...

Epic Guide to Pullman National Monument near Chicago, Illinois including things to do, history, and more. Pullman National Monument preserves one of the first planned industrial communities in America ...

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What are streamliners? Essentially, it’s a sleek design for lightweight passenger rail equipment that once had a faster schedule with fewer stops than other trains on the same route. They often ...

In a brick house in Pullman, visitors can step back in time by more than 120 years. The kitchen has an icebox from circa 1900 that once stored ice from Lake Calumet. The parlor features gas lamps, ...