<P> Following underrepresentaton within the predominately white National Labor Union , the National Colored Labor Convention met in 1869 . This convention resulted in the formation of the Colored National Labor Union in the same year . The `` Colored '' National Labor Union was a post-civil war organization founded in December 1869 by an assembly of 214 African American mechanics , engineers , artisans , tradesmen and trades - women , and their supporters in Washington D.C. This organization was created in pursuit of equal representation for African Americans in the workforce . The labor union was organized by Isaac Myers , and elected its first president ; civil rights activist Frederick Douglass was selected the president of the CNLU in 1872 . Douglass ' newspaper , The New Era was chosen as the official organ of this National Labor Union . </P>
<P> Following underrepresentaton within the predominately white National Labor Union , the National Colored Labor Convention met in 1869 . This convention resulted in the formation of the Colored National Labor Union in the same year . The `` Colored '' National Labor Union was a post-civil war organization founded in December 1869 by an assembly of 214 African American mechanics , engineers , artisans , tradesmen and trades - women , and their supporters in Washington D.C. This organization was created in pursuit of equal representation for African Americans in the workforce . The labor union was organized by Isaac Myers , and elected its first president ; civil rights activist Frederick Douglass was selected the president of the CNLU in 1872 . Douglass ' newspaper , The New Era was chosen as the official organ of this National Labor Union . </P>
the first african-american union in the us was
the first african-american union in the us was
the National Colored Labor Convention
the National Colored Labor Convention