The Pullman Porters and West Oakland
Discover what began four years after emancipation...
This is a story of a people; having found themselves freed of a horrid slavery system in 1865, by the late 1890s had created a safe place to raise their families in West Oakland, California.
Learn more about how African American train porters supplied the economic base for the community to reach middle class aspirations:
· To Build a Safe Haven for their Families · To Own Real Estate · To create open doors for New Occupations · To Encourage Entrepreneurship · To found Service Clubs and Organizations · To form Church groups · To Cultivate Leisure-Time Activities
The SagaSeekers , a husband and wife team, tell you the real stories of African American heritage.
Buy "The Pullman Porters and West Oakland" Today!
Four Years after the Civil War ended, George Pullman began a company in 1869, which had a completely unanticipated positive outcome for African American men.
This company, "The Pullman Palace Sleeper Car Company," totally exploited and denigrated its black employees, but provided the canvas for African American men and women to paint a gorgeous mural of an African American Dreamscape.
Find other of these otherwise untold stories, passed down by grandparents and great-grandparents to their families, in our bookstore.
Two stories begin in 1869 and end in 1969.
One dynamic story is of the African American Pullman Porters influence in establishing a sense of husbandry and fatherhood for a family structure ripped and distorted by an inhumane slavery system.
The second story is of the seemly intuitive, but carefully created concept of community that nurturing African American women built within the city of West Oakland in support of their Pullman Porter men.
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The SagaSeekers' motorcoach travel research to publish written accounts and video evidence that documents the great contributions of the African American hand in building America.
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Learn more about how African American train porters supplied the economic base for the community to reach middle class aspirations:
· To Build a Safe Haven for their Families · To Own Real Estate · To create open doors for New Occupations · To Encourage Entrepreneurship · To found Service Clubs and Organizations · To form Church groups · To Cultivate Leisure-Time Activities
The SagaSeekers , a husband and wife team, tell you the real stories of African American heritage.
Buy "The Pullman Porters and West Oakland" Today!
Four Years after the Civil War ended, George Pullman began a company in 1869, which had a completely unanticipated positive outcome for African American men.
This company, "The Pullman Palace Sleeper Car Company," totally exploited and denigrated its black employees, but provided the canvas for African American men and women to paint a gorgeous mural of an African American Dreamscape.
Find other of these otherwise untold stories, passed down by grandparents and great-grandparents to their families, in our bookstore.
Two stories begin in 1869 and end in 1969.
One dynamic story is of the African American Pullman Porters influence in establishing a sense of husbandry and fatherhood for a family structure ripped and distorted by an inhumane slavery system.
The second story is of the seemly intuitive, but carefully created concept of community that nurturing African American women built within the city of West Oakland in support of their Pullman Porter men.
Order Today!
The SagaSeekers' motorcoach travel research to publish written accounts and video evidence that documents the great contributions of the African American hand in building America.
