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From shining shoes to shaping policy. The Pullman Porters proved that Black labor is the engine of American progress.

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Riding the Rails: The Story of the Pullman Porters The black men who staffed America's luxury sleeper cars endured low pay and long hours, yet they organized the first major black union and became silent messengers of the Civil Rights movement. #History #AmericanHistory #PullmanPorters #CivilRIghts #LaborHistory

The black men who staffed America's luxury sleeper cars endured low pay and long hours, yet they organized the first major black union and became silent messengers of the Civil Rights movement. #History #AmericanHistory #PullmanPorters #CivilRIghts #LaborHistory

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Thank you @tribeofdan-michael.com for sharing this thread about #PullmanPorters for #BlackHistoryMonth!

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Celebrating Cultural Ambassadors - Centenial Celebratuon #PullmanPorters

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Pullman Porters - Ordinary Men, Extraordinary History
Pullman Porters - Ordinary Men, Extraordinary History They made beds and cleaned toilets. They shined shoes, dusted jackets, cooked meals and washed dishes. Yet the Pullman porters created history in the face of adversity and racial prejudice. They helped form the foundation for the black middle class, and became instrumental in the civil rights movement. Follow two former porters as they travel from their homes in Seattle to Oakland, Calif., where they were honored by Amtrak and the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum for their years of service. Troy Walker worked for the Santa Fe Railroad and Amtrak from 1944-1971. Walker was promoted from a dining car waiter to a lounge car attendant and finally a supervisor, when he retired after 37 years of working on the railroad. The son of a Pullman porter, Thomas H. Gray worked on the Santa Fe Railroad from 1955-1959. Gray was able to work as a chair car attendant for...

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Pullman Porters – Ordinary Men, Extraordinary History

100 years ago today the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was founded in NYC.

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Riding the Rails: The Story of the Pullman Porters Pullman porters provided vital services, faced hardships, and played crucial roles in advancing civil rights and community awareness.

Pullman porters provided vital services, faced hardships, and played crucial roles in advancing civil rights and community awareness. #History #PullmanPorters #CivilRIghts

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🚂 A. Philip Randolph & The Pullman Porters: The Fight for Labor Day! 🏆 #blackhistory #shrts
🚂 A. Philip Randolph & The Pullman Porters: The Fight for Labor Day! 🏆 #blackhistory #shrts YouTube video by Kids4Change: Black History Edition

🚂 A. Philip Randolph & The Pullman Porters: The Fight for Labor Day! 🏆

From long hours to a historic victory—their strike changed history! ✊🏾

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The first Mon. in Sept. is #LabourDay.
The story of Caribbean #migrantlabour has not always been a happy one.

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