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

In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...

As President Trump prepares to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump’s Middle East envoy said that a three to five-year timeline for reconstruction of Gaza is not a ...

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

It became a model that was adopted by nursing schools throughout the country, so much so that there are now close to 400,000 ...

The United States has suspended its support for global landmine clearing operations, prompting warnings from de-mining ...

She transformed nursing by making it an area of clinical practice and research and recasting nurses as colleagues of doctors, ...

Furey, 78, is featured in the fourth hour of Apple TV+'s "Vietnam: The War That Changed America, " a six-parter that drops ...

Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, has passed ...

Leftenant, who had served as a fighter pilot — one of the Tuskegee Airmen — during World War II ... Bronx at the Lincoln School for Nurses, one of the first nursing schools open to African ...

Known for quietly breaking barriers during her remarkable military career, Leftenant-Colon enjoyed a legacy of resilience, excellence, and service.

She had first tried to enlist in 1941 ... She was one of just 500 Black nurses to serve during World War II, out of a total of 50,000 — a result of government caps that kept thousands more ...