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What inspired a group of five Pullman sleeping-car porters to organize themselves into a union in 1925? The Pullman Company had a reputation for ruthless union-busting. As far as most white Americans were concerned, porters should have been happy. After all, they had one of the best jobs available to black men at the time. The work was clean,...
How a Union Planted the Seed of Racial Justice
By BETH TOMPKINS BATESWhat inspired a group of five Pullman sleeping-car porters to organize themselves into a union in 1925? The Pullman Company had a reputation for ruthless union-busting. As far as most white Americans were concerned, porters should have been happy. After all, they had one of the best jobs available to black men at the time. The work was clean,...
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