Tracing roots of Black America's middle class

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Tracing roots of Black America's middle class

Sometimes, dignity can come with something as simple as a name tag. In 1925, dignity came for the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters when the organization got a charter from the American Federation of Labor. The men were issued name tags. Since the Pullman Company began employing Black men – many former slaves – as […]