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 ...

So much cultural meaning is packed into the figure of the Pullman porter -- racial pride and racial guilt, the faded glory of the American railroad, a level of customer service now extinct -- that it ...

A Hampton by Hilton Hotel is planned in Pullman, an area that could benefit from the upcoming Obama library and a quantum ...

The elevation of the historic Pullman neighborhood to a National Monument and then a National Historical Park brought more visitors to the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum that tells ...

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 ...

An African-American Labor History Museum in Chicago hosted its annual solidarity breakfast on Saturday. The event is hosted ...

The hotel would be the first built south of Hyde Park in more than 40 years and is part of broader efforts to revitalize Pullman.

Throughout history, Chicago has been at the center of the American Labor Movement. On Saturday, union members celebrated ...

(The Root) — When the media noted the Aug. 15, 2012, death, at age 107, of Benjamin Isaacs, America’s oldest Pullman server, a spotlight was also trained on the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- President Obama plans to make Chicago's Pullman Park the city's first national monument, and will visit Chicago to announce the designation next week. George Pullman built the town ...