McCoy Born Free in Ontario, Canada In 1843 to parents who had escaped slavery in the United States:

[@detroitrememberbackwhen8291]

Related To: HOW THE PULLMAN PORTERS BUILT A BLACK MIDDLE CLASS DURING SEGREGATION: (By MICHAEL SCOTT) www.libertarianism.org/articles/how-pullman-porters-built-black-middle-class-during-segregation * Although black porters on Pullman train cars endured racial prejudice and tough working conditions, they used it as an opportunity to foment support for civil rights and to put their families on the next rung of the economic ladder. * Founded in Chicago and chartered in 1867, the Pullman Palace Car Company ushered in a revolution in new forms of luxury transportation in America. * The brainchild of American industrialist and engineer George Pullman, the company provided railroads with conductors and porters that serviced their “Palace” train cars. Chicago “NorthWestern” Lines Railway Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters The Women Ladies Auxiliary (Supported And Raised Money For Porters Union And Civil Rights Activities) The Reconstruction Era (Documentary) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKW5YqKsm5ppZsksi=Q846s6XpoaX5duP0 via @TheBlackestPan1 #TheBlackestPanther Black Men Built Cars Before Henry Ford & The History of George Washington (Carver) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqXOiaZ9abCNmtEfeature=shared via #MusicManSpeaks