In 2007, Barack Obama was a young and spry freshman senator from Chicago who made South Los Angeles, Calif., his first stop during his presidential election. In 2008, he became the first black president and successfully won a second term four years later. In honor of the former president, the L.A. City Council voted…

Lee Wesley Gibson, the Oldest Pullman Porter, Dies at 106

Stephen A. Crockett Jr.

6/30/16 8:17am

Lee Wesley Gibson, believed to have been the oldest living Pullman porter, died Saturday at his home, surrounded by family. He was 106 years old.

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