CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A Lowcountry native who became the nation’s first Black military nurse will be laid to rest in New York this weekend. Maj. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, died on Jan. 8 at 104 ...

First, men -- no matter their race -- were unable to join the Army as nurses. (That prohibition lasted until 1955.) Second, the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) was dragging its feet on accepting Black women.

Thereasea Clark Elder broke barriers for Black public health nurses in Charlotte as the city’s first for the life-saving profession. Born in 1927, the Charlotte native grew up in the Greenville ...

In celebration of Certified Nurses Day, here are 14 Black nurses who have made a lasting impact on the medical field.

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Harris, who became the first Black nurse inducted into the Academy of Emergency Nurses in 2023, put her training to use during a flight home from a nursing conference in Louisville earlier this month.