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 ...

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.

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 ...

Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman died on Friday at the age of 77. Herman made history as the first Black person to hold the role after former President Bill Clinton nominated her to the post ...

Remembering Alexis Herman, the First Black US Secretary of Labor WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor leaders, politicians and civil rights activists are mourning the death of Alexis Herman, the first Black ...

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 ...

The first African American U.S. Secretary of Labor has died. Alexis M. Herman, who served as labor secretary from 1997 to 2001 under former President Bill Clinton, died Friday. She was 77.