From: Gregory Brown Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2017 9:04 AM To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: Greg Brown's Weekend Reading and Other Things.. 04/23/2017 DEAR FRIEND =span style="font-size:12ptfont-family:arial,sans-serir> =span style="font-size:12ptfont-family:arial,sans-serir> Pullman Porters Ordinary Men, Extraordinary History: from Servitude to Civi= Rights =span style="font-family:georgia,serif"> Web Link: https://youtu.be/6yoYSk=Cp5M and https://www.facebook.com/gordon.cyr=s/posts/10154059446712134 <https://www.facebook.com/go=don.cyrus/posts/10154059446712134> They made beds and cleaned toilets. They shined shoes, dusted jackets, cooked meals and washed dishes. Yet the Pullman porters crea=ed history in the face of adversity and racial prejudice. Over time, many of these porters were able to combine their meager salaries with tips. They saved and put their children and grandchildren through college, which helped them attain middle-class status. They helped form the foundation for the black middle class, and became instrumental in the civil rights movement. Many people credit Pullman porters as significant con=ributors to the development of America's black middle class. In the late 19th ce=tury, Pullman porters were among the only people in their communities to travel extensively. Consequently, they became a conduit of new information and ideas from the wider world to their communit=es. Many Pullman porters supported community projects, including schools, and saved rigorously to ensure that their chil=ren were able to obtain an education and thus better employment. <=span> EFTA_R1_01318443 EFTA02346987