AFL-CIO Is Profiling Labor Leaders and Activists for Black History Month

For Black History Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various African American leaders and activists who have worked at the intersection of civil and labor rights. First, let's take a look back at our past profiles:

• Muhammad Ali
• Arlene Holt Baker
• Ella Josephine Baker
• Rachel Bryan
• William Burrus
• Hattie Canty
• Charlene Carruthers
• Septima Poinsette Clark
• Echol Cole
• Fannie Lou Hamer
• Fred Hampton
• Elle Hearns
• Charles Horhn
• Velma Hopkins
• Marsha P. Johnson
• William Lucy
• Doug Moore
• Isaac Myers
• Bree Newsome
• OUR Walmart workers
• Lucy Gonzales Parsons
• A. Philip Randolph
• Fred Redmond
• Keith Richardson
• Kenneth Rigmaiden
• Bayard Rustin
• Umi Selah
• Augusta Thomas
• Rosina Tucker
• Robert Walker
• Sue Cowan Williams
• Diann Woodard

New profiles:

• Stacey Abrams
• Rev. George W. Lee
• Lottie Rollin

Check back throughout February as we add even more names to this prestigious list.