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Maida Springer Kemp is known for creating connections between workers in the U.S. and abroad, viewing education as a means to bring workers together to acknowledge their common struggles. She helped found a trade school for women in Kenya and a driving school in Nigeria to aid in the diaspora's journey toward liberation.

Maida Springer Kemp’s Intersectional Approach to Labor Rights Advocacy

by Mya Trujillo February 5, 2025February 5, 2025

Rosina Corrothers-Tucker sits in her office during her time as secretary-treasurer of the International Ladies' Auxiliary. (Courtesy of Melinda Chateauvert)

Rosina Corrothers Tucker Brings Order to D.C. Labor Unions

by Jada Ingleton February 5, 2025February 5, 2025

Geraldine P. Boykin is celebrated as one of the first Black women to lead a labor union in D.C., having served as executive director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) District Council 20. (Courtesy photo)

Remembering Geraldine P. Boykin: A Trailblazing Labor Leader

by WI Web Staff February 5, 2025February 5, 2025

“Slaves Working on a Plantation,” from Edmund Ollier, Cassell's “History of the United States” (London, 1874-77), Vol. 2, p. 493. From indentured servants to enslavement, sharecropping and today, many economists argue Black laborers have been critical to the economic expansion of the United States of America since its inception. (Courtesy of slaveryimages.org)

Black Laborers: From Slavery to Corporate CEOs

by James Wright Jr. February 5, 2025February 5, 2025

Criminal Justice

Political Prisoner Jamil Al-Amin In Need of Urgent Medical Care, Family and Comrades Say

by Sam Plo Kwia Collins Jr. February 2, 2025February 2, 2025

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, has died at the age of 104. (Courtesy of Tuskegee Airmen Inc.)

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, Trailblazing Army Nurse and Air Force Veteran, Dies at 104

by Stacy M. Brown January 23, 2025January 23, 2025

**FILE** Altadena, a historic Black community in Los Angeles County, is picking up the pieces and working to rebuild after the Eaton Canyon fire destroyed over 1,000 structures and killed at least five residents and displaced thousands of others on Jan. 7. (Bruce Perry, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)

Los Angeles’ Historic Black Community Devastated by Eaton Canyon Fires

by Stacy M. Brown January 13, 2025January 13, 2025

Shirley Chisholm

Congress Honors Shirley Chisholm With Congressional Gold Medal for Trailblazing Legacy

by Stacy M. Brown December 5, 2024December 5, 2024

Six-year-old Ruby Bridges, met each day by angry mobs, leaves school under the protection of United States Marshals. The District will celebrate Bridges’ inspirational legacy with a two-day educational and community event Nov. 13-14. (Courtesy of the Department of Justice)

District Honors the Legacy of Ruby Bridges More Than 60 Years Later

by Dr. Patrise Holden November 13, 2024November 13, 2024

Colonial Williamsburg is nearing completion on the restoration of the Williamsburg Bray School, the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in America. (Courtesy of Colonial Williamsburg)

Colonial Williamsburg Restores America’s Oldest Black Schoolhouse, Uncovering a Legacy of Education and Resilience

by Stacy M. Brown November 4, 2024November 4, 2024

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