Pullman Porters

PHOTOS COURTESY THE NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION When you turn off 95th Street and head south on Cottage Grove, past the London Towne Houses and Gately...

Set in the early 1920s, “The Porter” follows the journeys of train porters who hustle, dream, cross borders, and pursue their ambitions in the...

The Pullman Porters were more than men shining shoes, carrying bags, cleaning, and setting up the sleeping berth. These hardworking men were architects of...

Pullman Porter, Allen Singleton, celebrates his 100th Birthday today. Allen Singleton was born February 12, 1921, in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Singleton was raised in Jackson,...

Yes, and it's called Pullman National Monument. While Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Acadia National Parks might solicit fond memories of summer activities coming to an...

Pullman Porter to Postal Worker What Happens If Rauner Busts The Unions? By Robert T. Starks Defender Contributing Writer The state budget stalemate continues because Republican Governor Bruce...

2016 GREAT MIGRATION CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ANNOUNCED   WHO: The Black Metropolis National Heritage Area Commission planning committee, collaborators and stakeholders WHAT: PRESS BRIEFING WHERE: Bronzeville Visitors Information Center,...

Pullman Porter Museum Brings 1st Annual Ida B. Wells Book Fair To the Pullman National Monument in Solidarity with the UK’s Black History Month...

Black Pullman Porters captured on  train                                    ...

President Obama came into town  Thursday to designate the city’s Pullman area a national monument. The company town built by the founder of the...