Alexis Herman, a member of President Clinton’s cabinet and a native of Mobile, passed away Friday, reports AL.com’s Patrick Darrington. Herman was the first Black U.S. Secretary of Labor ...

Alexis Herman, the first Black U.S. Secretary of ... As a child, her father sued to integrate the Democratic Party in Alabama and later became the state’s first Black ward leader.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile native and former United States Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman has died. She was 77. Herman was the first African American to serve as the U.S. Labor Secretary.

The real measure of success for the former U.S. Labor secretary, who died last month, is not what she achieved herself but ...

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 ...

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 ...

The talented leader served on Al Gore’s transition team and later played key roles in John Kerry’s and Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns. Alexis Herman, a trailblazing figure in American ...

"Throughout her career, Alexis worked on empowering other women and strengthening families." Herman, born 77 years ago in Mobile, Alabama, was remembered for not only making history when President ...

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 settle a crippling ...