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 little-known story of the wives and maids who helped propel the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters to a groundbreaking agreement with the Pullman Company. Rosina Corrothers-Tucker had spent days ...

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In 2019, workers across the U.S. are proving that the legacy of the Great Pullman strike is still alive today. (Wikipedia Commons) Roaming the sleepy streets of Pullman on Chicago’s Southeast Side, it ...

This week, the historic community of Pullman on Chicago's Far South Side is celebrating 10 years of being part of the National Park Service. Its history not only preserved through its architecture and ...

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 ...

Labor history tends to get short shrift in history books. The Pullman National Monument Preservation Society, created by Barack Obama’s presidential proclamation in 2015, is trying to change that.

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- For Alfonso and Ray Quiroz, this was a walk down memory lane. "I was born in Pullman, raised my family in Pullman worked at Pullman Standard," Alfonso said. The brothers were just in ...