This week in Black History

  • Posted February 16, 2012 at 2:46 p.m.
This week in Black History Phyllis Mae Dailey (second from right) and four other nurses take the oath of office, administered by Navy Cmdr. Thomas A. Gaylord, on March 9, 1945. Daley became the first black Navy nurse commissioned as an ensign. The quota for black Army Nurses was eliminated in July 1944, and more than 500 black Army nurses served stateside and overseas during World War II. The Navy dropped its color ban on Jan. 25, 1945. This year’s National African American/Black History Month's theme is 'Black Women in American History and Culture.'

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This week in Black History Phyllis Mae Dailey (second from right) and four other nurses take the oath of office, administered by Navy Cmdr. Thomas A. Gaylord, on March 9, 1945. Daley became the first black Navy nurse commissioned as an ensign. The quota for black Army Nurses was eliminated in July 1944, and more than 500 black Army nurses served stateside and overseas during World War II. The Navy dropped its color ban on Jan. 25, 1945. This year’s National African American/Black History Month's theme is "Black Women in American History and Culture."

Phyllis Mae Dailey (second from right) and four other nurses take the oath of office, administered by Navy Cmdr. Thomas A. Gaylord, on March 9, 1945. Dailey became the first black Navy nurse commissioned as an ensign. The quota for black Army Nurses was eliminated in July 1944, and more than 500 black Army nurses served stateside and overseas during World War II. The Navy dropped its color ban on Jan. 25, 1945. This year’s National African American/Black History Month’s theme is “Black Women in American History and Culture.”

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