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Whist is an international game that is played around the world in a variety of forms. It is thought by many that Whist originated in Turkey where the British, who brought the game to the United States, picked it up. Each culture that plays Whist modifies it. Whist is the predecessor of the perhaps better known card games Bid Whist and Bridge.
Bid Whist Challenge is the form of the game popularized by black Pullman porters who served well-to-do white passengers in luxury sleeper cars on U.S. rail transportation. The Pullman Palace Car Company was established in 1867 and by the 1920s it employed more African Americans than any other business in the U.S.