Jesse Ernest Wilkins Sr. (February 1, 1894 – January 19, 1959) was a U.S. lawyer, labor leader, assistant secretary of the United States Department of Labor in the Eisenhower administration and both the first African-American to be appointed to a sub-cabinet position in the United States Government and to attend White House cabinet meetings as the representative of a government department.
Jesse Ernest Wilkins Sr. (February 1, 1894 – January 19, 1959) was a U.S. lawyer, labor leader, assistant secretary of the United States Department of Labor in the Eisenhower administration and both the first African-American to be appointed to a sub-cabinet position in the United States Government and to attend White House cabinet meetings as the representative of a government department.
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