the most important stories, often a story that's not clearly understood, is the story of the fullman porter. this is a puzzle hat. and we've come to the point where pullman porters were may be signed in a stereotypical way of people who served, of people who actually worked on the railroad to make the travel of the elite white community comfortable. but the pullman porter played even a more important role. they were in some ways the community of heart of the african-american community. they began to bring to different regions of the country an understanding of what was going on in the south. what was going on in california. and they became one of the earliest black unions so they were very successful in the early 20th century in unionizing and sort of establishing a pattern that many african-american entities and businesses would follow in the future. so for us, the pullman porter is both a story of work. it's a story of the limits of what people were able to do because they were african-american. but it's also a story of how people transcended the limits of their job and created a way to h