Black History Month

February is Black History Month – a time when we celebrate the achievements of Black Americans and recognize their central role in U.S. history. This is also a key time to celebrate Labor History because the two go hand-in-hand. In fact, in a speech to the 1961 AFL-CIO convention, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said:

“History is a great teacher. Now, everyone knows that the labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it. By raising the living standards of millions, labor miraculously created a market for industry and lifted the whole nation to undreamed of levels of production. Those who today attack labor forget these simple truths, but history remembers them.”