Career Talk: Dr. Virginia Allen on the Black Angels and the Tuberculosis Pandemic

14/07/2025 23 min Episodio 699
Career Talk: Dr. Virginia Allen on the Black Angels and the Tuberculosis Pandemic

Listen "Career Talk: Dr. Virginia Allen on the Black Angels and the Tuberculosis Pandemic"

Episode Synopsis

During the peak of the Tuberculosis pandemic, white nurses at Sea View Hospital in Staten Island, New York quit because they refused to care for Tuberculosis patients. As a result, the hospital recruited over 300 Black nurses throughout the country. As a result of their heroic act, these nurses were called the Black Angels. Ruben Britt speaks with one of the last living Black Angels, Dr. Virginia Allen.