These drillers were some of the few African American workers on the construction site. In 1933, there were only 24 African Americans in a work force of 4,000 men. Bureau of Reclamation.

Labor laws that encouraged union organization and defined a minimum wage also supported black workers. Roosevelt’s relief programs made him popular with many African Americans, though he shied ...

Morial emphasizes the importance of targeted programs to raise awareness of automation risks among African American workers. He advocates for increased access to higher education and pathways into ...

Right before the pandemic hit, the unemployment rate for African-American workers was at 6.1 percent. After Biden defeated ...

“Kamala Harris’s border invasion is also crushing the jobs and wages of African American workers and Hispanic American ...

The growing opposition to the war in Vietnam among masses of students, the eruption of violent protests by African-American workers and youth in major cities, and the militant strikes by ...

In countries around the world we are seeing essential and service workers, often with low incomes ... what she thinks is the major reason why African Americans are at a disadvantage when it ...

The United States National Arboretum (USNA) in northeast Washington on Saturday unveiled a permanent exhibit dedicated to the African American members of the Civilian Conservation Corps who helped ...

workers." St. Louis Literary Award The Saint Louis University Library Associates honored award-winning author Zadie Smith with the annual St. Louis Literary Award on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, at the ...