She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this month at a New York nursing home, was remembered by relatives and friends for quietly breaking down racial barriers ...
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, lifelong Amityville resident and trailblazing U. S. Army veteran, dies at 104
In January 2019, the Amityville School District paid tribute to Nancy Leftenant-Colon, renaming the high school’s media ...
Each day, as we have learned, brings new information about another first for Black Americans. It is something that may go on ...
Known for quietly breaking barriers during her remarkable military career, Leftenant-Colon enjoyed a legacy of resilience, ...
One of most important figures in our nation’s culinary history toiled away in the slave kitchens of an American founding ...
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who battled racial discrimination in a barrier-breaking career as a military nurse, serving as the first African American in the regular Army Nurse Corps and later caring ...
She was later an Air Force officer. By Clay Risen Nancy Leftenant-Colon, a granddaughter of enslaved people who in 1948 became the first Black nurse to serve in the regular U.S. armed forces ...
A Lowcountry native who became the nation’s first Black military nurse will be laid to rest in New York this weekend.
Colon, the first Black woman in the US Army Nurse Corps post-desegregation, broke racial barriers through military service, inspiring others with humility and a legacy of leadership.
She was 104, and a native of Goose Creek, South Carolina. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this month at a New York nursing home, was remembered by relatives and ...
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