Housed in an old stable, Pullman Tech Workshop works to bring stability to area’s historic housing stock as well as its ...
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How one Black labor union changed American history
The fact that the meeting was even happening was enough to produce an air of subversive excitement. On August 25, 1925, a ...
The little-known story of the wives and maids who helped propel the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters to a groundbreaking agreement with the Pullman Company. Rosina Corrothers-Tucker had spent days ...
Do you dream of taking a train to the past? A new company hopes to rekindle the romance of rail travel with historic Art Deco-style cars, old-fashioned berths and service that it claims will recall ...
The Black workers hired as porters and maids often encountered racism on the job. Black workers were hired to be porters and maids for the Pullman company, and had to cater to passengers’ every whim.
This week, the historic community of Pullman on Chicago's Far South Side is celebrating 10 years of being part of the National Park Service. Its history not only preserved through its architecture and ...
CHICAGO (CBS) --President Barack Obama's visit to Chicago on Thursday will officially create the city's first national monument, and commemorate the Pullman Historic District for its role in labor and ...
When No. 9, the first Pullman car, left Bloomington, Ill., for Chicago on the evening of Sept. 1, 1859, it carried four passengers. They slept in wooden bunks, were warmed by a wood-burning stove. A ...
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George Pullman created a company town for his employees, but it came at a cost. George Pullman created a company town for his employees, but it came at a cost for his workers, while benefitting ...
Chick-fil-A restaurants are easy to find — except on the South Side of Chicago. But that’s about to change. The first Chick-fil-A on the city’s South Side opens this February in the Pullman ...
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