In celebration of Certified Nurses Day, here are 14 Black nurses who have made a lasting impact on the medical field.

This article originally appeared in the January 2025 issue of Vital Signs. Black nurses’ contributions to healthcare and to society as a whole have often been undervalued and hidden. As a result ...

Responding to segregation in nursing education and leadership in the late 1960s, Williams (no relation to Eric Williams) was determined to unite black nurses nationally to focus on health issues that ...

Allen was one of the thousands of Black nurses— the “Black Angels”—who stepped up, joining her aunt Edna Sutton Ballard at the Staten Island hospital. It was a “rich work experience ...

Together they created a platform to offer images and stories of hope to advance their community. The AFRO provides readers with good news about the Black community not otherwise found.

Credit: Anna Vazhaeparambil On Feb. 12, author Maria Smilios visited Penn to present her book featuring the stories of Black nurses who worked during the tuberculosis epidemic of the 1900s. At the ...