they worked on the pullman porter car system and had a union headed up by a philip randolph.d nixon worked with and on that union. a variety of history makers at the time that allow them to reach beyond montgomery. one of -- we have a variety of pictures, and this is a lady in montgomery, a housing project was named after her. you can see this picture is one. rosa parks to his left. meeting some young people. and so again, a close relationship with rosa parks she served as his secretary in the state and local naacp. some of the artifacts in the collection represent her also. there is a gentleman by the name of richard boone who worked with southern christian leadership conference and he started another organization called the alabama action committee. so he worked with us for a while, was our liaison, but he was an important figure in the local movement. he donated his collection. we amassed an oversized flipping out. so we have some examples. he was arrested as a result of one of his protest activities, and so the paper , just like you had free huey, free angela davis as it

he worked with a pullman porter, the association for the national cessation for the sleeping car porters are i know that i am misconstrued that name, but the porters who worked on the pullman porter core system, have a union, headed up by a. philip randolph and e.d. nixon worked on that union and worked with the union. he had encounters with eleanor roosevelt, a variety of really the history makings of the time that allowed him to reach beyond montgomery to gain support for my comment over the association. one of, so when the whole variety of pictures, and this is a lady in montgomery, maggie, whose housing project was named after. e.d. nixon worked at that housing project. you see this picture is a picture that e.d. nixon is with the sick and that's rosa parks to his left, in a meeting with some young people. and so again he had a very close relationship, e.d. nixon had a very close relationship with rosa parks. rosa parks served as his secretary in the state and local naacp. and so some of the artifacts of this collection represent her also. there's a person of a gentleman by the name

side of chicago in the community where president obama hung his community organizations for the pullman porters while still subject to discrimination and race is in. -- racism. unionized in creating what we know today as labor day. president obama has designated these five new national monument as part of the national park system. for many of us there is no more hallowed ground than the national mall. on august 20 2011, president obama dedicated the dr. martin luther king jr. memorial on the national mall as part of the national park system. [applause] these are not just african-american history, they are american history. together on working these for a long time. to firmly state that slavery was the cause of the civil war. [applause] been a to the has restoration of the woodson home. currently we are completing the first stage of a $3.2 million renovation of the home with additional financial services to and from the national park foundation and we are working to have that competed this year -- completed this year. stop by and see my mentor, bob. -- rob stanton. bob stanton.n -- [applause] --

ramsey: before eso got involved the prince hall mason, a lot of these guys were masons, and the pullman portersad the mother trains in the urban league had another centers. it was getting out there. they were getting out there. research.ou for your questionshave three but i will make them quick. wasn't information about mexico? -- was there information about mexico? was there information about sundown towns? which region sold the most green books? mr. ramsey: the northeast have the most of the listings. what happened after world war ii a lot of the american soldiers were studying abroad, living in different places. the white soldiers. in some places for they did not have a lot of jim crow issues the americans were importing jim crow to new regions, like in the caribbean. parts of canada. they got to a point where victor that had to list places ordinarily or beforehand it was not an issue. after the american gis starting going to these places saying we don't associate with these people back home, i talked to folks who are from jamaica. they said they got to a point where some of the larger hotel