Labor leaders, politicians and civil rights activists are mourning the death of Alexis Herman, the first Black U.S.

Alexis Herman, the first Blacksecretary of labor, a position in which she helped settle a crippling strike by United Parcel ...

A social worker, she became a Democratic Party insider and joined President Bill Clinton’s cabinet during his second term.

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Ms. Herman’s ascent in Washington began as head of the Labor Department women’s bureau in the Carter administration in the ...

Remembering Alexis Margaret Herman, the first Black U.S. secretary of labor, a trailblazer who broke barriers and dedicated ...

Tributes are rolling in to honor the life of former U.S. Labor Secretary and Mobile native Alexis Herman. The political ...

Alexis Herman, a native of Mobile, served as the labor secretary in President Bill Clinton’s administration in 1997 until 2001.

Women of Power Honoree Alexis Herman, who was also a pioneer as the first Black U.S. Labor Secretary, dies at 76.

Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights ...

Alexis Herman, who as a child in Alabama watched Ku Klux Klan members assault her father and who rose to become the nation’s first Black labor secretary in a tenure that included intense ...

Alexis M. Herman, who served as labor secretary from 1997 to 2001 under former President Bill Clinton, died Friday. She was ...