Women of color had two battles to fight

Beverly Sims and her husband Tyree Scott picket with members of the United Construction Workers Association, a multi ethnic organization for workers in the construction industry. 

At the same time that people of color were struggling against employment discrimination, women of all races and ethnicities were as well; they wanted to be allowed into industries that had traditionally been reserved for men.  Often times these careers paid better than ones that had been traditionally labeled “women’s” careers.