Editing Pullman porter (section)

==Recognition==

In 2008, Amtrak, in partnership with the A. Philip Randolph Museum, honored Pullman porters in Chicago. Museum founder Lyn Hughes spoke at the event saying, "It's significant when an organization like Amtrak takes the time to honor those who contributed directly to its own history. It's also very appropriate as it's the culmination of the effort to create the Pullman Porter Registry. We started the Registry with Amtrak and now we're coming full circle with its completion and the honoring of these great African American men." Hughes is also author of ''An Anthology of Respect: The Pullman Porter National Historic Registry''.<ref>{{cite web| title=Amtrak Celebrates National Train Day with Ceremony Honoring Pullman Porters in Chicago| url=http://cruiselinehistory.com/amtrak-celebrates-national-train-day-with-ceremony-honoring-pullman-porters-in-chicago/| website=Cruising the Past| access-date=March 14, 2018| first=Michael L.| last=Grace| date=May 10, 2008| archive-date=July 15, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715130021/https://www.cruiselinehistory.com/amtrak-celebrates-national-train-day-with-ceremony-honoring-pullman-porters-in-chicago/| url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2009, as part of [[Black History Month]], [[Amtrak]] honored Pullman porters in Oakland, California. An [[AARP]] journalist writes, "They were dignified men who did undignified labor. They made beds and cleaned toilets. They shined shoes, dusted jackets, cooked meals and washed dishes in cramped and rolling quarters."<ref>{{cite web| last1=Zielenziger| first1=Michael| date=February 13, 2009| title=Pullman Porters Take Their Place in History| url=https://www.aarp.org/personal-growth/life-stories/info-02-2009/pullman_porters_take_their_place_in_history.html| website=AARP Bulletin| access-date=March 13, 2018| archive-date=March 14, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314044112/https://www.aarp.org/personal-growth/life-stories/info-02-2009/pullman_porters_take_their_place_in_history.html| url-status=live}}</ref> Amtrak invited five retired members of The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters to speak at the event. The eldest of the five, Lee Gibson,<ref>{{cite news| last1=Lowe| first1=Frederick| title=Oldest Pullman Porter dies in Los Angeles| url=http://www.northstarnewstoday.com/news/oldest-pullman-porter-dies/|website=BlackMansStreetToday| access-date=March 14, 2018| archive-date=March 15, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315004129/http://www.northstarnewstoday.com/news/oldest-pullman-porter-dies/| url-status=dead}}</ref> age 98, spoke of his journey to the event (by rail) saying, "It was nice. I got the service I used to give." He spoke of his years as porter with fondness saying, It was a wonderful life."<ref>{{cite web| title=The Oakland Tribune tells the story of Pullman Porters. These gracious and hard working men paved the way for the African-American middle class and provided first class professional service aboard the largest hotel system ever created on wheels| first=Michael| last=Grace| date=February 11, 2009| url=http://cruiselinehistory.com/cruising-the-past-pullman-porters-road-to-success-on-rolling-hotels/| website=Cruising the Past| access-date=February 16, 2023| archive-date=March 16, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316112953/http://cruiselinehistory.com/cruising-the-past-pullman-porters-road-to-success-on-rolling-hotels/| url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2009 [[Philadelphia]] honored about 20 of the 200 former Pullman employees who were still alive at that time as part of National Train Day. Speaking to [[Michele Norris]] of [[NPR]], former cook and porter Frank Rollins, 93, said "the railway wanted Southern boys to run the dining cars because 'they thought they had a certain personality and a certain demeanor that satisfied the Southern passengers better than the boys who came from Chicago.'" Rollins also spoke of the racist comments that black men experienced but commented on positive experiences as well. He recalled, "I used to have a little speech that I'd make. I would walk into the car, and I would say, 'May I have your attention please. My name is Frank Rollins. If you can't remember that, that's OK. You can call me porter{{Snd}}it's right here on the cap, you can be able to remember that. Just don't call me 'boy' and don't call me George.{{' "}}<ref>{{cite episode| title=Former Pullman Porter Subtly Confronted Racism| url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103945861| series=All Things Considered| network=NPR| access-date=March 13, 2018| archive-date=March 14, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314043128/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103945861| url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2013, the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum celebrated the 50 year anniversary of the historic [[March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom]] (also known as "The Great March on Washington"), one of the largest [[Demonstration (people)|political rallies]] for human rights in United States history.<ref name=program>{{cite web| website=National Archives and Records Administration: Bayard Rustin Papers| title=March on Washington (Program)| access-date=2013-05-21| date=1963-08-28| url=http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=96| archive-date=2018-07-06| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706142119/https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true| url-status=live}}</ref> Interviewed in a neighborhood newspaper, founder Lyn Hughes suggested that some people in the Chicago area may prefer to celebrate the anniversary of the march in their own community rather than travel to Washington. She added that many people are unaware that Asa Philip Randolph was the initial activist who inspired the [[March on Washington Movement]].<ref name="autogenerated6"/><ref>{{cite web| url=http://aprppmprogramsandnews.org/programsandevents.html| website=A. Philip Randolph Museum| title=Programs and Events| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329100615/http://aprppmprogramsandnews.org/programsandevents.html| archive-date=2014-03-29}}<!-- Bot generated title --></ref> Scheduled activities included speakers and screenings of films related to black labor history. Two organizers said that two former Pullman porters, Milton Jones<ref>{{cite news| title=Milton William Jones, 98, one of last Pullman porters| date=February 27, 2014|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times| url=http://article.wn.com/view/2014/02/27/Milton_William_Jones_98_one_of_last_Pullman_porters/| access-date=March 29, 2014| archive-date=March 29, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329171238/http://article.wn.com/view/2014/02/27/Milton_William_Jones_98_one_of_last_Pullman_porters/| url-status=live}}</ref> (age 98) and Benjamin Gaines<ref>{{cite book| chapter=Southern Registrant ID: 1359, Benjamin Franklin Gaines, City/State: Evanston, IL, Position: Club car| publisher=Hughes-Peterson Publishing| title=An Anthology of Respect: The Pullman Porters National Historic Registry of African American Railroad Employees| first=Lyn| last=Hughes| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0zgdAQAAMAAJ&q=registry+of+sleeping+car+porters,+benjamin+gaines| year=2007| isbn=978-0-9793-9411-9| access-date=2016-02-23| archive-date=2024-01-05| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105024020/https://books.google.com/books?id=0zgdAQAAMAAJ&q=registry+of+sleeping+car+porters,+benjamin+gaines| url-status=live}}</ref> (age 90), were expected to attend.<ref name=autogenerated6 />