The Black Cross Nurses Association is Formed - African American

*On National Nurse Day, May 6, this date in 1920, affirms the Black Cross Nurses Association.  The organization was the women’s auxiliary of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League.   Officially the Universal African Black Cross Nurses, an international organization of nurses, was founded based upon the model of the Red Cross. They were established to provide health […]

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