Thereasea Clark Elder broke barriers for Black public health nurses in Charlotte as the city’s first for the life-saving ...

Dr. Arlene Bennett was a pioneer for Black women at Penn's medical school after being the first to graduate in 1964.

Students from Newman Elementary School in Salt Lake celebrated Black History Month Friday “through music, performance and powerful words from influential African American figures” according to the ...

Norman Walker is proud to be a part of the graduating class of 1960 at Roosevelt High School. "Kids from Riviera Beach and Jupiter and it was during segregation.

But while it’s important to honor and commemorate these contributions, which have been a part of the fabric of our economy ...

Paul’s Valley native Erma Willis began her nursing career in 1966 as the first African-American nurse at Memorial Hospital of Southern Oklahoma, now known as Mercy Health in Ardmore, where she ...

ARDMORE, Okla. (KTEN) — Erma Willis-Alford was the first Black registered nurse to serve at Mercy Hospital in Ardmore. As a ...