Thank you very, very much for posting this. It's always good to read about our history.
While I did not know this Pepsi story, I do like the link to the pullman rail cars. My Dad was a Pullman porter for many years after WW2. He traveled a lot and saw a lot of cities that I would later visit by air. There is a good movie about the pullman porters experience, titled _10,000 black men named george_ which I encourage folks to see, if you haven't. My dad was a strong supporter of A. Philip Randolph. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "ravenadal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/06/business/06boyd.html? > _r=1&oref=slogin > > May 6, 2007 > > Edward F. Boyd Dies at 92; Marketed Pepsi to Blacks > > By DOUGLAS MARTIN > > Edward F. Boyd, who as a young sales executive parlayed his > assignment to promote Pepsi-Cola to fellow blacks into a war > against white racism and black stereotypes, meanwhile selling > oceans more soda, died on April 30 in Los Angeles, PepsiCo > announced. He was 92. <snip>
