How a Union Planted the Seed of Racial Justice

By BETH TOMPKINS BATES

What inspired a group of five Pullman sleeping-car porters to organize themselves into a union in 1925?

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The Pullman Company had a reputation for ruthless union-busting. As far as most white Americans were concerned,

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