Calvin University is pleased to announce that Esther Afolabi, PhD, RN, has been selected to become a Fellow of the American ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

African American studies is a new class created by the College Board, which administers AP tests, and is now available at any school nationwide following a two-year pilot program.