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Although Bid Whist is virtually unknown among European Americans, the game is especially popular among African Americans. The status of Bid Whist is possibly a result of the black community's admiration of Pullman porters, who, under the leadership of A. Philip Randolph, organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first black trade union. Learning to play Bid Whist is nearly a "rite-of-passage" among black college students and the Congressional Black Caucus members have an annual tournament. In Chicago, a city with a population of more than a million African Americans, a major daily paper has included a column on Bid Whist.