Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class by Larry Tye

Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class

Larry Tye

352 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history race reflective slow-paced

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"A lively and engaging chronicle that adds yet another dimension to the historical record." -The Boston GlobeWhen George Pullman began recruiting Southern blacks as porters in his luxurious new sleeping cars, the former slaves suffering under J...

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