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Salaria Kea
1media/Salaria Kee Portrait 1937 (ALBA_Photo_Coll_131_01_15_04)_thumb.jpg2023-01-12T21:40:02+00:00Leora Mincerc7fb2a48912f3577c64c28e4e6663a94d04c8c8415Kea becomes the only African American nurse to serve with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. Kea noted that she faced less racism by joining the Republican fight against fascism in Spain than she did while seeking nursing work in the United States.plain2023-01-12T21:47:32+00:00NYU Tamiment Library Archives, Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archive CollectionMarch 1937Leora Mincerc7fb2a48912f3577c64c28e4e6663a94d04c8c84