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Richard A. <br />I disagree with NOTHING that you say in your above posts. <br />I should have taken a few more words to explain the slight differences in termonology. <br />MANY of the times I've heard the porter referred to as a PULLMAN PORTER were by loving relatives as well as careful researchers. Brother Randolph dignified the profession of our forefathers with the title of SLEEPING CAR PORTERS. If I am a revisionist (and I don't mean to be one), I'm revising thangs back to 1925, when he was doing his work. <br />Perhaps some of the confusion comes from the hat badges worn by Porters. <br />RR hat badges frequently had the employing company's name on the top line, followed by the occupation below. Add the PULLMAN CONDUCTOR (who also had a similar looking badge) into the equation and it gets confusing. In 'those days", trains had a "PULLMAN CONDUCTOR" and a "TRAIN CONDUCTOR", each with seperate but sometimes overlapping responsibilities, hence it was handy for the PULLMAN CONDUCTOR to be titlled as such. <br />No disrespect is intended, and as you might surmise from my title, I spent my career falling loosely under the DAVID P.MORGAN definition of "THE MAN CALLED GEORGE". Subsequently, I was written OUT of the history books by modern "revisionists" who are comfortable discussing ancient Civil Rights history but flinch at the mention of anything taking place after 1960. <br />Penn Central Black <br />A proud negro pioneer in a white dominated profession.
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