A new book by Danielle Phillips-Cunningham offers insights and inspiration on the power of labor organizing.
During Jim Crow, she forged career paths for Black girls.
Part 2: Groundless panic about white women’s safety razed a town.
Part 1: How formerly enslaved people created a community of their own.
100 years ago, Nannie Helen Burroughs launched the National Association of Wage Earners — part of her effort to integrate comprehensive labor reform into the movement for voting rights.