The Black Angels

Untapped Cities: New Podcast: The Black Angels of Staten Island Who Helped Find the Cure for Tuberculosis

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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 ...

New Podcast: The Black Angels of Staten Island Who Helped Find the Cure for Tuberculosis

Untapped Cities: NYC Street Name Honors Black Angels Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis

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 Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis” sheds light on a crucial aspect of medical history that had long been overlooked: the significant contributions of Black ...

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Staten Island Advance: ‘A story of triumph’: How work of the Black Angels helped lead to a cure for tuberculosis

‘A story of triumph’: How work of the Black Angels helped lead to a cure for tuberculosis

San Antonio Current: The Black Angels’ Friday gig in San Antonio showed the band’s mind-altering power

The Black Angels’ Friday gig in San Antonio showed the band’s mind-altering power

Staten Island Advance: The story of Staten Island’s ‘Black Angels’ now in the Congressional Record

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 ...

The story of Staten Island’s ‘Black Angels’ now in the Congressional Record

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