STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, in an address from the floor of the House of Representatives, focused on the ...

University of Michigan's first Black female graduate was ahead of her time in advocating for solutions to Black health issues ...

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 free, open-to-the-public event intended to advance Black maternal health will be held in Lancaster April 11 by the ...

The Southern University School of Nursing, which has been operating for 40 years, has made history by being voted the best ...

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.

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 ...

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

(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 ...