Meet 9 trailblazing ‘hidden figures’ of Black history from across the Charlotte region
In 1958, Williams chaired the Committee to Combat Racial Injustice, which organized to defend two Black boys, ages 7 and 9, ...
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Perspective: Black History Month is for all of us
Black History Month celebrates the achievements of African Americans, but also the strangers who showed up as friends.
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has died
The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, Trailblazing Army Nurse and Air Force Veteran, Dies at 104
Colon, the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, has passed ...
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has died
Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s, died at the age of 104 on Jan. 8, 2025. (Leftenant-Colon family photo ...
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Services for Long Island’s Nancy Leftenant-Colon, 104, military trailblazer who broke color barrier
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 25, for Nancy Leftenant-Colon, a groundbreaking figure in American military and … Continued The post Services for Long Island’s Nancy Leftenant-Colon, 104, ...
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who was the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, has died
The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegregated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...