After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstone ...

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, and a native of Goose Creek, South Carolina. Nancy Leftenant-Colon ...

Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first black professional nurse in America, and an active organizer among African American nurses. She was born in Boston, on May 7, 1845, the oldest of three children.

At the age of 18, Constance “Connie” Evans, became a licensed practical nurse for an opportunity to explore more of the medical field.

When Betty Smith Williams, DrPH, RN (NUR '54) became the first black student to earn her nursing credentials ... was determined to unite black nurses nationally to focus on health issues that were ...

Krish and Sammy find out about the history of nursing, including Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole, Edith Cavell and Koforowola Abeni Pratt - the first black nurse to work for the NHS.

Nurse is a 22-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, the first Black mayor of Oxford and the first Latino mayor in North Carolina. He's been the mayor for a little more than a year now, so WUNC's Will ...

Mandela and the civil rights struggle - Bristol's first black nurseMandela and the civil rights struggle - Bristol's first black nurse ...

Colon, the first Black woman in the US Army Nurse Corps post-desegregation, broke racial barriers through military service, inspiring others with humility and a legacy of leadership.