Could Robert Todd Lincoln Have Done More for Pullman Car Porters and Kept His Job?

Irony of Lincoln's son heading company that exploited Black porters

Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926) was a key figure in the success of the Pullman Company, which manufactured luxury sleeping railroad cars in the 1870s through the first half of the 20th century. Lincoln’s company was accused of working Pullman porters 20 hours a day, paying them only a dollar a day or less, leading them to infamously strike. “His father …