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‘The Porter’ journeys into Black history milestone

“The Porter,” airing Thursday on American Public Television’s GBX 44, is an 8-episode historic drama about the nation’s first Black workers’ union. The Pullman porters worked on the transcontinental railroads in the US and Canada after WWI, handling passengers’ luggage, helping them to reserved seats or compartments, delivering meals.  It was one of the very few