In the manner that all the trained conductors were White, Pullman had only recruited Black men – most of which were former slaves of the South. Their job description was to clean and set up ...

The contributions of Randolph and those he represented are highlighted in a museum in Chicago’s Pullman ... Black Caucus, hosted its dedication ceremony. Staged beneath a large white tent ...

“There’s these untold Black history stories,” said Ve’Amber Miller, a park ranger at the Pullman National Historic Park who helped organize and host the event. “We decided to focus and ...

Chicago businessman George Pullman started hiring thousands of Black men, many former slaves, to serve passengers traveling ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The only Black labor history museum in the world is celebrating 29 years, with new expansions on the way. The National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum tells the story of ...

Granddaddy never told me — nor did I ask — about Black women who worked on Pullman cars. I assumed they didn’t exist. Turns out they did. I learned from a new free exhibit that Black women ...

Pullman Porters: Of all the institutions credited with helping to build today's black middle class, a bunch of men named "George," don't come to mind quickly. But shortly after the Civil War ...

We see a single individual Black woman surrounded by five Pullman porters. And I think that one image tells the story of about the numbers," she said. The Pullman maids served white women ...

Vibert White ... The Pullman Porters of Winter Park published by Third World Press, tells the story of the social, political and economic influence of the men who comprised the first black middle ...

When the Pullman Company began its overnight service in the 1860s, it intentionally hired black men as porters. Being a "Pullman porter" was exhausting and sometimes demeaning work, but it was ...