Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845 - 1926) Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first black professional nurse in America, and an active organizer among African American nurses.

The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will relocate and reopen its African American art galleries in October 2025. The new galleries will be centrally located near the Rivera Court, showcasing 50 ...

Alvionna Brewster is the driving force behind the Black Nurse Entrepreneurs (BNE) group, a community dedicated to supporting African-American nurses. Founded in 2015, BNE has grown to include over ...

Black Nurse Entrepreneurs (BNE), founded by visionary nurse entrepreneur Alvionna Brewster, MSN-Ed, RN, in 2015, has recently grown its dynamic community to more than 23,000 African American ...

She began her nursing career in 1966 as the first African-American nurse at Memorial Hospital of Southern Oklahoma, now known as Mercy Health in Ardmore, where she provided care to patients in ...

The presentation is in the process of being moved to the heart of the Detroit Institute of Arts, adjacent to the Diego Rivera murals at Rivera Court.

In October, the newly reimagined African American art galleries will move from their prior position in the North Wing on the museum’s second floor to encompass four gallery rooms in the central ...