Danielle Phillips-Cunningham


Nannie Helen Burroughs: A tower of strength in the labor world

A new book by Danielle Phillips-Cunningham offers insights and inspiration on the power of labor organizing.

Nannie Helen Burroughs, trailblazing Black teacher and labor organizer

During Jim Crow, she forged career paths for Black girls.

White racism brought down a Black community. Will there be reparations?

Part 2: Groundless panic about white women’s safety razed a town.

Juneteenth started in Texas. So did this Black town. Whites destroyed it.

Part 1: How formerly enslaved people created a community of their own.

On Labor Day, we remember the Black women who helped win labor rights

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.