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

Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights ...

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 ...

Denton’s “Free Colored School” organized with a school board in Quakertown in 1866, one year after the Civil War ended.

Real Clothes, Real Lives” shows that women have adapted their attire to accommodate their daily activities with ...