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The Pullman Porters

The First Organized Black Labor Union
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Feb 29, 2024
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The Pullman Porters (Circa 1865- December 31, 1968) were a group of predominately Black men hired to work as servers on railroad sleeping cars. Shortly after the Civil War, the entrepreneur George Pullman recruited formerly enslaved to provide primary services to passengers on trains traveling across the United States. Called porters the Pullman Company…

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