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The Pullman Porters
The Pullman Porters were the first Black Unionized Workforce in the U.S.
In 1925, A Phillip Randolph a labor and civil rights activist organized the porters into the first Black unionized workforce
in the U.S.
Pullman Porters worked on-call assisting passengers for tips and pay. Many made enough to send to family and save for children’s education
George Pullman, Founder of a group of sleeping car porters known as “Pullman Porters”
The Great Migration fueled the need for more Black sleeping car porters on passenger trains
An advertisement promoting the Pullman Dining Car