After spending more than 25 combined years promoting the trade union movement and protecting the right to organize in the United States and around the world, we see the report “And Still I Rise: Black ...

Black organizers have played a crucial role in advocating for workers’ rights long before the Civil Rights Movement. This Labor Day, we honor five influential Black labor leaders who fought tirelessly ...

In my recently released book, “Prayer and Pen: The Prayers and Legacy of Carl Murphy, Publisher of the AFRO-American Newspapers 1922-1967,” you’ll find more than 100 prayers and commentaries on a ...

In the rich tapestry of American labor history, the threads woven by Black women and Latinas have often been overlooked. Yet, their contributions have been integral to the fabric of the labor movement ...

The struggle for labor across the color line has often been credited to white activists. However, as sociologist Cedric de Leon argues, the black labor movement, independently organized outside of the ...

A. Philip Randolph set the stage for the Civil Rights movement by forming and leading the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters in 1925, which 10 years later became the first African American labor ...

Black organizing history tends to drop us in the 1960s with the Civil Rights Movement. But before that era, many Black activists were mobilizing workers and unionizing their jobs. This Labor Day ...

A century ago, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters launched a union drive against a railroad giant, changing the course of the 20th century and forever entwining the causes of labor and black ...

In a world being rapidly reshaped by artificial intelligence, political rollbacks, and widening wage gaps, a dynamic panel of Black women leaders gathered at the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — “African Americans and Labor” is the 2025 Black History Month theme, dictated by the Association for the Study of ...

In 1925, labor organizer and civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph was invited to be the first president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids. It was the first Black union to ...

Rightfully, a host of tributes across America recognize the achievements of pioneering Black union leader A. Philip Randolph — his historic founding of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union, ...