Gertrude Theresa Hodges was the first African American to graduate from Johns Hopkins' nursing school. (Courtesy of Johns Hopkins School of Nursing) “The entrance level salary is $20,000 to ...

A Triad senior recently made history by becoming the first African-American valedictorian at R.J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, N.C., in 100 years.

At that time, she was replaced by F. Carrington Owen, CNM, an African American nurse-midwife and MCA graduate. [ 51 ] Owen's tenure was short, however, and she resigned in June 1943, [ 51 ...

Retired Maj. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first African American commissioned into the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after it was desegregated in the 1940s, died peacefully in her home at the age of 104.

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, barrier-breaking military nurse, dies at 104. In 1948, she became the first African American in the regular Army Nurse Corps.

The Douglas County school board unanimously approved a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies after hearing parents and educators express support for the class during a meeting ...