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(68,679 posts) Sun Sep 21, 2025, 08:15 AM Sunday

How Pullman Porters Outsmarted Jim Crow

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His stories are always extremely interesting! Wuddles440 Sunday #1

Thanks marble falls, Black History is U.S. History and I am always impressed by the strength of the people who ShazamIam Sunday #2

K&R Solly Mack Sunday #3

I bet getting his kids and grand-kids educated was a high priority for him. All Pullman Porters read and wrote ... marble falls Sunday #5

He was big on education and even more of a stickler for good manners. Solly Mack Sunday #6

Definitely Inspiring! ihaveaquestion Sunday #4

DURec leftstreet Sunday #7

Wuddles440

(1,850 posts)

1. His stories are always extremely interesting!

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Sun Sep 21, 2025, 09:13 AM

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Thanks for sharing.

ShazamIam

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2. Thanks marble falls, Black History is U.S. History and I am always impressed by the strength of the people who

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Sun Sep 21, 2025, 12:00 PM

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never gave up the fight.

Solly Mack

(95,762 posts)

3. K&R

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Sun Sep 21, 2025, 12:54 PM

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My paternal grandfather was born in 1900, and he was a Pullman Porter.

marble falls

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5. I bet getting his kids and grand-kids educated was a high priority for him. All Pullman Porters read and wrote ...

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Sun Sep 21, 2025, 06:07 PM

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... to a higher degree than the national avg, I bet.

Solly Mack

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6. He was big on education and even more of a stickler for good manners.

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Sun Sep 21, 2025, 06:28 PM

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I was always on my best behavior around him (except for one time) because I didn't want to disappoint him. (I still feel awful about that one time).

ihaveaquestion

(4,091 posts)

4. Definitely Inspiring!

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Sun Sep 21, 2025, 01:28 PM

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We can also take tips from the fight against Jim Crow for fighting the fascistic policies of Trumpism.

Keep posting please!

leftstreet

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7. DURec

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Sun Sep 21, 2025, 06:28 PM

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