By Joshua C. Robinson In the 1860s, George Pullman, a pioneering businessman, created a new position on trains that carried with it an embroiled dichotomy: the Pullman Porter. Pullman only hired African Americans, and while the job seemed lucrative, the porters were treated like second-class citizens by the passengers. They were servants, living in a […]
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AM on September 6, 2013