Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

(US Air Force Historical Support Office via AP) This 1940’s family handout photograph shows retired U.S. Army Nurse Corps Major Nancy Leftenant-Colon, at center. Leftenant-Colon, who was the first ...

This late 1940's photo provided by the US Air Force Historical Support Office shows retired U.S. Army Nurse Corps Major Nancy Leftenant-Colon. (US Air Force Historical Support Office via AP) ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...

Check out Animal World & Snake Farm Zoo's Valentine's deals. The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104.

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, Who Was the First Black Woman in Army Nurse Corps, Has Died The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died.

Southern University School of Nursing has the best program offering for nursing in the U.S. according to Nurse.org. The Southern University School of Nursing is celebrating being named the Best ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, died Jan. 8. Here, an American flag is presented to Leftenant-Colon ...

Sandie Peggie refuses to use gender-neutral pronouns when addressing Beth Upton, a biologically male doctor who identifies as female The NHS is attempting to ban a nurse from referring to a ...