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“Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave.  I rise. I rise. I rise.”  - Maya Angelou

"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots."  -Marcus Garvey

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” - Dr. Mae Jemison

Black Nursing in the News and in History

Nurses You Should Know: Helping Change the Nursing Narrative

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Nurses You Should Know launched on the first day of Black History Month. The project,  sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Nursing,  includes daily stories of Black nurse pioneers and will also incorporate Asian Pacific Heritage Month (May), Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept - Oct), and Indigenous Peoples Month (Nov).

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More News and History...

Documentary about  
St. Louis' Homer G. Phillips Hospital a labor of love

St. Louis Public Radio

July 25, 2018

By Sarah Fentem.

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