Pullman porters became an important conduit for spreading information and new ideas to black communities. The editor of the Chicago Defender, one of the largest and most important black newspapers, ...

Pullman Porters built the Black middle class and provided a cornerstone for African American economic stability. The porter network provided critical funding and leadership to bail Rosa Parks out of ...

For most of the 20th century, if you wanted to travel in style you were traveling on trains. If you really wanted to do it up right, you shelled out big money for a private berth in something called a ...