Black Nouveau: Dasha Kelly Hamilton, Pullman Porters, MPS & College Signing Day. This month on Black Nouveau: Dasha Kelly Hamilton returns home to discuss new projects, we explore the legacy of ...
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Pullman porters and the fight for equality
A century can seem like a long time, especially given the accelerating rate of change that oppresses all of us. At the same time, 100 years is one long lifetime. Almost 100,000 now-living Americans ...
“The Porter,” airing Thursday on American Public Television’s GBX 44, is an 8-episode historic drama about the nation’s first Black workers’ union. The Pullman porters worked on the transcontinental ...
A. Philip Randolph set the stage for the Civil Rights movement by forming and leading the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925, which 10 years later became the first African American labor ...
Pullman porters did more than carry bags, they paved the way for higher education opportunities, the professional working class and the fight for equal rights. Lauren A. Degener, Marketing Content ...
Streaming platforms for Rising from the Rails: The Story of the Pullman Porter haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online.
Artist Shane-Jani Jackson will showcase paintings that explore the legacies of Pullman porters and maids. He discovered last ...
In 1925, labor organizer and civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph was invited to be the first president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids. It was the first Black union to ...
A South Side Chicago institution is honoring a historic milestone. On Aug. 25, 1925, Pullman porters formed what would become a historic union representing train workers. A century later, the ...
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