Family, dignitaries and friends paid tribute to former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman at a Washington National Cathedral service Wednesday.

Alexis Herman made history when President Jimmy Carter selected her to the women's bureau at the Labor Department. Then ...

The casket of former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman is seen as former President Bill Clinton speaks during a funeral service ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor leaders, politicians and civil rights activists are mourning the death of Alexis Herman, the first Black U.S. Secretary of Labor and a fierce advocate for workplace equality.

Remembering Alexis Margaret Herman, the first African American woman to serve as Secretary of Labor. Her legacy of grace and ...

By Richard Sandomir Alexis Herman, a Democratic Party insider who grew up under segregation in Alabama and went on to become the first Black secretary of labor, a position in which she helped ...

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 ...

The first Black leader of the U.S. Department of Labor, former Secretary Alexis Herman, has died at the age of 77. Former President Bill Clinton nominated Herman to the role, which she held from ...

WASHINGTON — Labor leaders, politicians and civil rights activists are mourning the death of Alexis Herman, the first Black U.S. Secretary of Labor and a fierce advocate for workplace equality.