Black nurses’ contributions to healthcare and to society as a whole have often been undervalued and hidden. As a result, many ...

Each day, as we have learned, brings new information about another first for Black Americans. It is something that may go on ...

She was one of just 500 Black nurses to serve during World War II, out of a total of 50,000 — a result of government caps that kept thousands more Black women from serving. Mrs. Leftenant-Colon ...

Leftenant-Colon and the other Black nurses were not wanted at the hospital ... personnel who had served with distinction during the war. Maj. Leftenant-Colon was a first lieutenant at the ...

Given their closeness with the patients, the nurses were at high risk for TB, and some did contract the disease and had to leave the job. But for decades, the Black Angels were a constant at Sea View, ...

The story of the Black nurses who stepped up to treat the tuberculosis epidemic in New York City at Sea View Hospital in Staten Island is dictated in Maria Smilios’ new book.

When she retired from the military with the rank of major, she worked as a high school nurse until she retired in 1984. She was the sister of one of the famous Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black airmen ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was ... and friends for quietly breaking down racial barriers during her long military career. Related video above ...