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

Here are stories from Louisiana First News’ “Honoring Black History” special highlighting Black business, culture and history.

A host of tributes across America recognize the achievements of pioneering Black union leader A. Philip Randolph — his ...

She was one of just 500 Black nurses to serve during World War II ... not allowed to eat in whites-only restaurants, even in her uniform. When she was traveling through one Southern city, a ...

When you’re running from patient to patient, working long shifts, dodging all kinds of stains, and, oh, trying to stay ...

Speaking Tuesday on the Morning Agenda on Power 106, Claudette Clarke Waugh, President of the Enrolled Nurses Association, said the nurses will continue their protest with the hope that the regional ...

During her first year at Lincoln, she came across a magazine photo of an Army nurse. “She was striking, standing proud in her starched white uniform, black cape flowing behind her,” Maj.

Standardized forensic exams are a useful tool for sexual-violence investigations—or they would be if police departments ...

One of the most important chefs in American history was a founding father’s slave Baker developed a passion for helping others early in her life, saving money to pay for nursing school and ... and I’m ...

put that uniform on and did what she had to do,” Gilda Leftenant said. “She loved taking care of people.” Leftenant-Colon became the first Black woman to be admitted to the Army Nurse Corps ...

Read more about the Veterans Administration nurses A judge has awarded a historic Black church in Washington control over ...

Midwives, registered and enrolled nurses across the island, frustrated with the lack of response from the authorities to ...