09/07/2021
"It’s probably not an overstatement to say that the black middle class was built on the backs of Pullman porters. They virtually bankrolled and provided the organizational infrastructure of the modern Civil Rights movement."
The Pullman porters organized their own union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and played a critical role in organizing to advance racial justice and social change. Happy belated Labor Day!
Monday, September 4, 2017 || By Michael Romain || OPINION|| Feature image: A Pullman porter | Library of Congress/Public Domain "The most influential black man in America for the hun