Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — "African Americans and Labor" is the 2025 Black History Month theme, dictated by the Association for the Study of ...

Black History Month got its start in 1926 as Negro History Week. This year's theme celebrates the role of Black labor in building the nation through industry or community work. Feb. 1 marks the ...

Black organizers have played a crucial role in advocating for workers’ rights long before the Civil Rights Movement. This Labor Day, we honor five influential Black labor leaders who fought tirelessly ...

Black History Month is in full force! Events that acknowledge, honor and celebrate the history, achievements and contributions of Black people living in the United States continue to take place across ...

Black History Month is here, and this year's theme, "African Americans and Labor," underscores just how deeply Black people have shaped this nation's workforce. From the forced labor of enslaved ...

This month we can remember and reward efforts to make work more equitable. For Black writers and creatives like me, Black History Month (BHM) can be something like the Christmas season. Joy permeates ...

Rightfully, a host of tributes across America recognize the achievements of pioneering Black union leader A. Philip Randolph — his historic founding of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union, ...

Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation mark the start of Black History Month — a celebration of Black history, culture and education. The history of the observance dates ...

When Nannie Helen Burroughs established the National Association of Wage Earners in the early 20th century, Black women and girls were facing unchecked racism and sexism in the workplace. They were ...