Jesse Jackson honored with wing at Pullman Porters Museum
The year 2020 marks a milestone in the life of the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum. The museum will celebrate three important milestones this year. "Our 25th anniversary, the announcement of the addition of the Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. Civil Rights Wing and the 83rd anniversary of the signing of the first collective bargaining agreement between an African American labor union (the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) and a major U. S. Corporation, the Pullman Company and is worth honoring and remembering," said Dr. Lyn Hughes , Museum founder. To commemorate this milestone, the NAPRPP Museum will host the A. Philip Randolph Gentle Warrior Award Gala fund-raiser celebration. Fox News Emmy award winner Tia Ewing and WVON's Cliff Kelley -- two of Chicago's favorite media personalities -- will emcee the event. The celebration will be held Satur...