Retired pullman porters, Lee Gibson (left) Thomas H. Gray, Sam Coleman, James Smith and Troy Walker, stand for photographers at the Oakland AMTRAK station during a celebration in their honor ...

We are on the eve of Juneteenth and one place that's going to be celebrating in a big way: the Pullman Porter Museum! We're joined this morning by David Peterson to tell us more.

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Unlike every other kind of tipped worker, including, for unclear reasons, the Pullman porters who actually worked on trains, ...

Series 4, Operating Records, 1875-1972, consists of records used by the company for daily operations, particularly instructions for porters as well as repair logbooks, volumes detailing car building ...

Black labor leaders had become increasingly powerful during Roosevelt’s administration, and leader like A. Philip Randolph, leader of the Pullman Porters Union, increased their political muscle ...

With stellar performances by Theron, Sissy Spacek, Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson, “North Country” is based on a groundbreaking lawsuit brought by women miners at Minnesota’s Eveleth Mines in ...

In 2022, Vincent was nominated for an Emmy for his choreography in “The Porter,” a drama series about the lives of Black men who were Pullman porters for railroads in the 1920s.

Last week, Governor Andy Beshear unveiled a new statewide African American Heritage Trail that features two Bowling Green spots. The new African American Heritage Trail, part of the New Kentucky Home ...

Juneteenth celebrations were held across Chicago and the suburbs, including a North Lawndale march and events at the DuSable Museum and Field Museum.

My father was a Pullman porter. He took an extra shift to go to New York, so he could have the money to purchase a house on Fargo Street. “We had a wonderful family, thriving Black neighborhood.