Well done, Mrs. Leftenant-Colon! The first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps following its desegregation after World War II, Nancy Leftenant-Colon, passed away at 104, VPM reported.

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots, died Jan. 8 in ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps when it was desegregated after World War II and the sister of one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen pilots ...

Author Maria Smilios chronicles the history of Sea View’s nurses in her book Black Angels. According to Smilios, while isolating sick patients away from the public ultimately cut infection rates, the ...

with middle-class women as head nurses and working-class women providing most of the direct patient care and laundry, cooking, and cleaning services. Black nurses in the United States faced blatant ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has... Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman to ...

The Round Rock Black History Organization will host the city's 38th annual MLK Celebration on Saturday.