Alexis Herman, the first Black U.S. Secretary of Labor, died Friday at the age of 77. Herman, a native of Mobile, served as the labor secretary in President Bill Clinton’s administration in 1997 until ...

The talented leader served on Al Gore's transition team and later played key roles in John Kerry's and Barack Obama's ...

From April 5-28,1977, more than 100 people with disabilities sat-in at the Department of Health Education and Welfare in San ...