JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A century ago this year, on Aug. 25, 1925, 500 Pullman Co. railroad porters secretly gathered in New York City’s Harlem for a meeting that would become a key event in the ...
In 1925, dignity came for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters when the organization got a charter from the American Federation of Labor. The men were issued name tags. Since the Pullman ...
The nonprofit National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum is also located in Chicago, which was home to the once-powerful Pullman Company that manufactured railroad cars and created ...
AS WE GEAR UP FOR OUR 200TH ANNIVERSARY IN 2027, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT BLACK HISTORY IS COMPLETELY INTERTWINED WITH THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE RAILROAD FROM BEGINNING TILL NOW. THE FIRST STOP ON ...
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is being honored by the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum with the "Gentle Warrior Award." Pullman Porter Museum Kicks off Year-long Celebration ...
In 1925, dignity came for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters when the organization got a charter from the American Federation of Labor. The men were issued name tags. Since the Pullman ...
OBAMA UNTIL 2015. NOW TO AN IMPORTANT EVENT IN MILWAUKEE TODAY, REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF EMMETT TILL IN 1955. TILL WAS ONLY 14 YEARS OLD WHEN HE WAS KIDNAPED, BEATEN AND LYNCHED IN MISSISSIPPI ...
EMMETT TILL, FROM CHICAGO, WAS VISITING FAMILY IN THE SOUTH WHEN HE WHISTLED AT A WHITE WOMAN AT A GROCERY STORE. THAT WOMAN’S HUSBAND AND FRIEND KILLED TILL IN 1955. HIS DEATH SPARKED THE CIVIL ...
JOHNSTOWN — A century ago this year, on Aug. 25, 1925, 500 Pullman Co. railroad porters secretly gathered in New York City’s Harlem for a meeting that would become a key event in the Civil ...