STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Breaking racial barriers, they risked their lives to care for those left to languish and die of incurable tuberculosis. But the day-to-day skill and care they provided New York ...

The intersection of Brielle Avenue and Sea View Hospital Historic District in Staten Island is now also known as Black Angels Way. This new street name honors the long-overlooked black nurses who ...

The second season of the Untapped New York podcast dropped today with a brand new episode featuring a reading and interview with Maria Smilios, the author of the book The Black Angels: The Untold ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis met with Virginia Allen and Curlene Jennings Bennett, two of the last living 300 African-American nurses known as the “Black Angels,” who treated ...

In this special episode of Wide Awake America, host Nadine Smith welcomes Maria Smilios, the author of The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis. This remarkable ...

The Staten Island Museum presents a major exhibition, Taking Care: The Black Angels of Sea View Hospital opening to the public on January 26, 2024. Taking Care highlights the groundbreaking work, ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — During the Great Depression when there was no cure for tuberculosis, a group of black nurses in New York City put their lives on the line to save people afflicted with the ...

On Feb. 12, author Maria Smilios visited Penn to present her book featuring the stories of Black nurses who worked during the tuberculosis epidemic of the 1900s. At the event, which took place ...

GLENVIEW, IL – During the Opening Session of the CHEST Annual Meeting in Boston on October 6, the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) will recognize the Black Angels with the distinction of ...