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...Pullman Porters & Justices. When it first opened its doors, the school had four students and only one professor-the president, John P. Carter. At one point Founder Dickey had to mortgage his house to save the school, and the struggling campus was continuously harassed by white raids from Maryland. It was not until the 40-year presidency of Princeton Man Isaac Rendall that Lincoln began to come into...
...FLORENCE BARTON Pullman, Wash...
Dark Victory. In Pullman, Wash., in the last minutes of a basketball game with Washington State College, Gonzaga University's Star Jerry Wells lost his way, drove down the court, put the ball in his own team's basket, thus won the game for Washington...
GENERAL Motors and Pullman...
...gathering personal followings, but did not really accomplish very much. Today's Negro leader concentrates on getting things done on specific issues. Emancipated to a large extent from the white professional liberals and their pet slogan, "education," he tries, for instance, to get a court ruling on segregation in Pullmans instead of trying to "educate" millions of individual Pullman passengers. Today's Negro leader does not want to be known as a firebrand; the compliment he prizes most is to be called "a good tactician." One symptom of this change is the fact that Booker T. Washington, a superb tactician...