CHICAGO (WLS) -- The rails in Pullman are empty, but the company town was bustling in the late 1800s. "Men, women and children coming from all corners of the world and all striving for the opportunity ...

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 ...

The Black railroad car attendants made a lasting impact on American history. One leader of the Pullman porters' labor movement settled in Bayfield County, and his legacy is coming to new light. Jerry ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The collection, which dates from 1926 ...

(The Root) — When the media noted the Aug. 15, 2012, death, at age 107, of Benjamin Isaacs, America’s oldest Pullman server, a spotlight was also trained on the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, ...

A. Philip Randolph set the stage for the Civil Rights movement by forming and leading the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925, which 10 years later became the first African American labor ...

Small booklet with a brown paper cover outlining an agreement between the Pullman Company and those employees represented by the Brothernood of Sleeping Car Porters. This agreement was revised and ...

CHICAGO — An African-American Labor History Museum in Chicago hosted its annual solidarity breakfast on Saturday. The event is hosted by the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, which ...

Photograph of Pullman Porters. Left to right: Conductor D. R. Stump, Attendant A. Batac, Porter L. Garner, Porter W. T. Bratton, Attendant H. H. Sewell, Porter C ...