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 ...

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

Herman was only three months into running the Labor Department when 185,000 unionized UPS workers went on strike in early August 1997, hobbling package deliveries nationwide.

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

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

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement of a major reorganization of the State Department this week was meant to signal ...

Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman died on Friday at the age of 77. Herman made history as the first Black person to hold ...

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