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THERE IS A MUSEUM DEDICATED TO THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO MADE THE PULLMAN RAILROAD CAR A CLASS ACT
THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO MADE THE PULLMAN RAILROAD CAR A CLASS ACT >>
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO THIS COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I RECOGNIZED WAS THAT THERE
COMMUNITY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I RECOGNIZED WAS THAT THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
THAT I RECOGNIZED WAS THAT THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN AND
WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN AND DISSEMINATED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY
INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN AND DISSEMINATED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OF PULLMAN, AND ABOUT GEORGE
DISSEMINATED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OF PULLMAN, AND ABOUT GEORGE PULLMAN, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING
OF PULLMAN, AND ABOUT GEORGE PULLMAN, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT REFLECTED THE AFRICAN
PULLMAN, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT REFLECTED THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PARTICIPATION OR
THAT REFLECTED THE AFRICAN AMERICAN PARTICIPATION OR EXPERIENCE WITH THE PULLMAN
AMERICAN PARTICIPATION OR EXPERIENCE WITH THE PULLMAN STORY.
EXPERIENCE WITH THE PULLMAN STORY. I BELIEVE THAT, AND I DON'T
STORY. I BELIEVE THAT, AND I DON'T THINK THAT I AM WRONG, I BELIEVE
I BELIEVE THAT, AND I DON'T THINK THAT I AM WRONG, I BELIEVE THAT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN
THINK THAT I AM WRONG, I BELIEVE THAT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN WHO WORKED AS PULLMAN PORTERS ON
THAT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN WHO WORKED AS PULLMAN PORTERS ON THE CARS CONTRIBUTED VERY HIGHLY
WHO WORKED AS PULLMAN PORTERS ON THE CARS CONTRIBUTED VERY HIGHLY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PULLMAN
THE CARS CONTRIBUTED VERY HIGHLY TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PULLMAN COMPANY.
TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PULLMAN COMPANY. THEY TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN THEIR
COMPANY. THEY TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN THEIR WORK, AND FOR ALL PRACTICAL
THEY TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN THEIR WORK, AND FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES THEY TOOK A MEAN UAL
WORK, AND FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES THEY TOOK A MEAN UAL JOB AND MADE IT SOMETHING OF
PURPOSES THEY TOOK A MEAN UAL JOB AND MADE IT SOMETHING OF SUBSTANCE AND STATURE.
JOB AND MADE IT SOMETHING OF SUBSTANCE AND STATURE. THEY HAD TO WORK -- THEY WERE
SUBSTANCE AND STATURE. THEY HAD TO WORK -- THEY WERE REQUIRED TO WORK 400 HOURS PER
THEY HAD TO WORK -- THEY WERE REQUIRED TO WORK 400 HOURS PER MONTH OR 11,000 MILES, WHICHEVER
REQUIRED TO WORK 400 HOURS PER MONTH OR 11,000 MILES, WHICHEVER CAME FIRST.
MONTH OR 11,000 MILES, WHICHEVER CAME FIRST. THE PAY WAS SOMETHING LIKE $60 A
CAME FIRST. THE PAY WAS SOMETHING LIKE $60 A MONTH.
THE PAY WAS SOMETHING LIKE $60 A MONTH. SOME THAT PAID $33 WENT TOWARDS
MONTH. SOME THAT PAID $33 WENT TOWARDS THE EXPENSES THAT THEY INCURRED
SOME THAT PAID $33 WENT TOWARDS THE EXPENSES THAT THEY INCURRED IN PERFORMING THEIR JOB BECAUSE
THE EXPENSES THAT THEY INCURRED IN PERFORMING THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BUY THEIR SUPPLIES.
IN PERFORMING THEIR JOB BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BUY THEIR SUPPLIES. NOTHING WAS GIVEN TO THEM.
THEY HAD TO BUY THEIR SUPPLIES. NOTHING WAS GIVEN TO THEM. TOWELS THAT THEY USED, THE
NOTHING WAS GIVEN TO THEM. TOWELS THAT THEY USED, THE SHEETS THAT THEY USED.
TOWELS THAT THEY USED, THE SHEETS THAT THEY USED. WE ARE COLLECTING ORAL HISTORIES
SHEETS THAT THEY USED. WE ARE COLLECTING ORAL HISTORIES FROM SURVIVING PULLMAN PORTERS
WE ARE COLLECTING ORAL HISTORIES FROM SURVIVING PULLMAN PORTERS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE
FROM SURVIVING PULLMAN PORTERS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH.
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH. >> WHEN I STARTED WORKING, I
CONNECTIONS WITH. >> WHEN I STARTED WORKING, I ONLY GOT PAID FOR A.M. TIME, NO
>> WHEN I STARTED WORKING, I ONLY GOT PAID FOR A.M. TIME, NO P.M. TIME.
ONLY GOT PAID FOR A.M. TIME, NO P.M. TIME. BUT MOSTLY WE MADE MONEY FROM
P.M. TIME. BUT MOSTLY WE MADE MONEY FROM TIPS BECAUSE THEY RUN SOUTH, YOU
BUT MOSTLY WE MADE MONEY FROM TIPS BECAUSE THEY RUN SOUTH, YOU DIDN'T MAKE MUCH TIPS.
TIPS BECAUSE THEY RUN SOUTH, YOU DIDN'T MAKE MUCH TIPS. >> PULLMAN'S PORTERS JOBS WAS A
DIDN'T MAKE MUCH TIPS. >> PULLMAN'S PORTERS JOBS WAS A 24 HOUR JOB.
>> PULLMAN'S PORTERS JOBS WAS A 24 HOUR JOB. THEY SLEPT FOR MAYBE AN HOUR OR
24 HOUR JOB. THEY SLEPT FOR MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO DURING THE TRIP AND THEY HAD
THEY SLEPT FOR MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO DURING THE TRIP AND THEY HAD TO SLEEP SITTING UP.
TWO DURING THE TRIP AND THEY HAD TO SLEEP SITTING UP. THEY, IN FACT, HAD TO SLEEP IN
TO SLEEP SITTING UP. THEY, IN FACT, HAD TO SLEEP IN THE SMOKE ROOM.
THEY, IN FACT, HAD TO SLEEP IN THE SMOKE ROOM. >> THERE WERE AFRICAN AMERICANS
THE SMOKE ROOM. >> THERE WERE AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO WERE FIREMEN, AND ENGINEERS,
>> THERE WERE AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO WERE FIREMEN, AND ENGINEERS, FOR THE PULLMAN COMPANY.
WHO WERE FIREMEN, AND ENGINEERS, FOR THE PULLMAN COMPANY. THE MOST WELL-KNOWN, OF COURSE,
FOR THE PULLMAN COMPANY. THE MOST WELL-KNOWN, OF COURSE, IS THE PULLMAN, PORTER IRK BUT,
THE MOST WELL-KNOWN, OF COURSE, IS THE PULLMAN, PORTER IRK BUT, THERE WERE IN FACT, MAIDS, AND
IS THE PULLMAN, PORTER IRK BUT, THERE WERE IN FACT, MAIDS, AND FIREMEN AND ENGINEERS.
THERE WERE IN FACT, MAIDS, AND FIREMEN AND ENGINEERS. PHILIP RANDOLPH WAS ONE OF THE
FIREMEN AND ENGINEERS. PHILIP RANDOLPH WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE BROTHER HOOD OF
PHILIP RANDOLPH WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE BROTHER HOOD OF SLEEPING CARPORTER HE IS UNION.
FOUNDERS OF THE BROTHER HOOD OF SLEEPING CARPORTER HE IS UNION. PULLMAN CAR MEN TRIED TO FORM A
SLEEPING CARPORTER HE IS UNION. PULLMAN CAR MEN TRIED TO FORM A UNION.
PULLMAN CAR MEN TRIED TO FORM A UNION. BUT BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE THAT
UNION. BUT BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE THAT THEY RECEIVED AND THE ABUSE THAT
BUT BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE THAT THEY RECEIVED AND THE ABUSE THAT THEY RECEIVED AND THE THREATS OF
THEY RECEIVED AND THE ABUSE THAT THEY RECEIVED AND THE THREATS OF LOSING THEIR JOBS THAT THEY
THEY RECEIVED AND THE THREATS OF LOSING THEIR JOBS THAT THEY RECEIVED FROM THE PULLMAN
LOSING THEIR JOBS THAT THEY RECEIVED FROM THE PULLMAN COMPANY, THEY STARTED AND BACKED
RECEIVED FROM THE PULLMAN COMPANY, THEY STARTED AND BACKED OFF AND STARTED AND BACKED OFF.
COMPANY, THEY STARTED AND BACKED OFF AND STARTED AND BACKED OFF. WHAT THEY REALLY NEEDED WAS
OFF AND STARTED AND BACKED OFF. WHAT THEY REALLY NEEDED WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS IN FACT NOT A
WHAT THEY REALLY NEEDED WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS IN FACT NOT A PULLMAN PORTER AND SOMEONE WHO
SOMEONE WHO WAS IN FACT NOT A PULLMAN PORTER AND SOMEONE WHO WAS ARTICULATE AND SOMEONE WHO
PULLMAN PORTER AND SOMEONE WHO WAS ARTICULATE AND SOMEONE WHO HAD NO STRINGS, PER SE TO THE
WAS ARTICULATE AND SOMEONE WHO HAD NO STRINGS, PER SE TO THE PULLMAN COMPANY SO THAT THE
HAD NO STRINGS, PER SE TO THE PULLMAN COMPANY SO THAT THE THREAT OF LOSING HIS JOB WOULD
PULLMAN COMPANY SO THAT THE THREAT OF LOSING HIS JOB WOULD NOT BE A FACTOR IN THEIR
THREAT OF LOSING HIS JOB WOULD NOT BE A FACTOR IN THEIR ORGANIZING THE UNION.
NOT BE A FACTOR IN THEIR ORGANIZING THE UNION. SO A GROUP OF THREE GENTLEMEN
ORGANIZING THE UNION. SO A GROUP OF THREE GENTLEMEN WENT TO SEE RANDOLPH.
SO A GROUP OF THREE GENTLEMEN WENT TO SEE RANDOLPH. THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS
WENT TO SEE RANDOLPH. THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS GENTLEMAN, WHO, IN FACT, HAD
THEY HAD HEARD ABOUT THIS GENTLEMAN, WHO, IN FACT, HAD BEEN WRITING ARTICLES IN A
GENTLEMAN, WHO, IN FACT, HAD BEEN WRITING ARTICLES IN A MAGAZINE THAT THEY WAS THE
BEEN WRITING ARTICLES IN A MAGAZINE THAT THEY WAS THE PUBLISHER CALLED "THE MESSENGER"
MAGAZINE THAT THEY WAS THE PUBLISHER CALLED "THE MESSENGER" ABOUT THE PULLMAN PORTERS.
PUBLISHER CALLED "THE MESSENGER" ABOUT THE PULLMAN PORTERS. THEY WENT TO NEW YORK AND SOUTH
ABOUT THE PULLMAN PORTERS. THEY WENT TO NEW YORK AND SOUTH HIM OUT AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT
THEY WENT TO NEW YORK AND SOUTH HIM OUT AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE IDEA OF HIS BEING THE CHIEF
HIM OUT AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT THE IDEA OF HIS BEING THE CHIEF ORGANIZER AND FOUNDING THE
THE IDEA OF HIS BEING THE CHIEF ORGANIZER AND FOUNDING THE UNION.
ORGANIZER AND FOUNDING THE UNION. HE, IN FACT, ACCEPTED THE TASK,
UNION. HE, IN FACT, ACCEPTED THE TASK, AND AS THEY SAY THE REST IS
HE, IN FACT, ACCEPTED THE TASK, AND AS THEY SAY THE REST IS HISTORY BECAUSE HE WAS
AND AS THEY SAY THE REST IS HISTORY BECAUSE HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT TO THE
HISTORY BECAUSE HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT TO THE POINT THAT THEY WERE AT ONE
SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT TO THE POINT THAT THEY WERE AT ONE POINT 20,000 STRONG.
POINT THAT THEY WERE AT ONE POINT 20,000 STRONG. THEY WERE THE FIRST AFRICAN
POINT 20,000 STRONG. THEY WERE THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN UNION TO BE CHARTERED
THEY WERE THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN UNION TO BE CHARTERED THIS THE UNITED STATES AND THEN
AMERICAN UNION TO BE CHARTERED THIS THE UNITED STATES AND THEN ACCEPTED AF OF L.
THIS THE UNITED STATES AND THEN ACCEPTED AF OF L. A BILLING WAS DONATED TO THE
ACCEPTED AF OF L. A BILLING WAS DONATED TO THE COMMUNITY.
A BILLING WAS DONATED TO THE COMMUNITY. IT IS THE ONLY REMAINING PULLMAN
COMMUNITY. IT IS THE ONLY REMAINING PULLMAN FIREHOUSE THAT IS INTACT.
IT IS THE ONLY REMAINING PULLMAN FIREHOUSE THAT IS INTACT. IT IS AN ORIGINAL BUILDING, AND
FIREHOUSE THAT IS INTACT. IT IS AN ORIGINAL BUILDING, AND IT WILL BE THE NEW HOME, A FILL
IT IS AN ORIGINAL BUILDING, AND IT WILL BE THE NEW HOME, A FILL P RANDOLPH MUSEUM.
IT WILL BE THE NEW HOME, A FILL P RANDOLPH MUSEUM. IT WILL BE A NEW SHEEM AS WELL
P RANDOLPH MUSEUM. IT WILL BE A NEW SHEEM AS WELL AS A CULTURAL CENTER.
IT WILL BE A NEW SHEEM AS WELL AS A CULTURAL CENTER. THAT A PEOPLE, A GROUP OF MEN
AS A CULTURAL CENTER. THAT A PEOPLE, A GROUP OF MEN WHO COULD EXPERIENCE THAT KIND
THAT A PEOPLE, A GROUP OF MEN WHO COULD EXPERIENCE THAT KIND OF IN DIGNITY AND STRESS ON A
WHO COULD EXPERIENCE THAT KIND OF IN DIGNITY AND STRESS ON A JOB AND STAND AND INSPITE OF
OF IN DIGNITY AND STRESS ON A JOB AND STAND AND INSPITE OF THAT MAKE IT A JOB OF SUBSTANCE
JOB AND STAND AND INSPITE OF THAT MAKE IT A JOB OF SUBSTANCE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE
THAT MAKE IT A JOB OF SUBSTANCE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AND, IN
TO THE POINT WHERE THEY WERE RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AND, IN FACT, INTERNATIONALLY, THAN THEY
RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AND, IN FACT, INTERNATIONALLY, THAN THEY OUGHT TO BE HONORED.
FACT, INTERNATIONALLY, THAN THEY OUGHT TO BE HONORED. >>
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