Martin Luther King Jr., A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin may ring a bell — but have you heard of Nannie Helen Burroughs?

It was the first Black union to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor. Many scholars cite the important role that the Pullman porters played in the early 20th century. The porters ...

(NewsNation) — “African Americans and Labor” is the 2025 Black History ... to academia as a legitimizing factor for many Black women in the 20th century. With a certification in domestic ...

When Nannie Helen Burroughs established the National Association of Wage Earners in the early 20th ... of labor studies and employment relations. Burroughs is one of many Black labor leaders ...