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Pullman Porters: Ambassadors of Railroad’s Golden Era

By Editor published on Friday, February 27, 2009 and is filed under Money. You can follow responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Pullman porters, who wore dignified uniforms, traveled cross country, and met celebrities and dignitaries, seemed to live glamorous lives. They often transported black newspapers to areas where black media wasn’t available and were held in high esteem in the black community. But they were also dehumanized, ridiculed, and undermined.

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