Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman prior to addressing the ...

Alexis Herman was tapped by former President Bill Clinton to serve as secretary of labor. Upon her confirmation in 1997, she became the first Black secretary of labor in American history. She is shown ...

FILE - Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks with former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman prior to addressing the 51st Delta Sigma Theta National Convention in Washington, July 16, 2013.

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 1997 ...

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. She ...

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 at ...