Pullman porter work

CTL-E-1331 · Practice · other · 1900–1969

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Black men's railroad service work — the largest single category of Black male employment in the early 20th century and the economic base of much of Black Chicago's middle class.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from LIFE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-LIFE-001:CTL-LIFE-E-068; source research type(s): practice.

Sources

UMass Boston Open Archives (2020); unsunghistorypodcast.com (n.d.)
Zinn Education Project, 'This Day in History' (n.d.)
Congressional Record, vol. 162, S1080 (2016)

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