The COVID-19 crisis is shining a new light on the nursing field, a career that holds high interest for minorities, but has a low retention rate. Colea Owens is the founder of 'Black Girl Blue ...

Amityville's Maj. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, 102, became the first Black woman in the regular U.S. Army Nurse Corps. She later served as the Tuskegee Airmen Inc.’s first and only female president.