February 22, 2002
How a Union Planted the Seed of Racial Justice
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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