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Carolyn Bryant, MSN, RN, was born in Lexington, KY and grew up in Muskegon Heights, MI. She is a founding member of the the Detroit Black Nurses Association (June 1972), a chapter of the National Black Nurses Association, Inc. Beginning in 1957 when Carolyn Bryant received her nursing license, she worked as a nurse in various locations and has been a college nursing instructor. Bryant is also a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. She served as Vice President for Nursing in the Reserve Officers Association and was the Burn Educator for the U.S. Army Reserve Corps.
For more see the Carolyn Bryant entry in The Color of Healing, by B. F. Morton. For more about the Detroit Black Nurses Association, Inc., see the entry on p. 62 in Maricopa County, AZ Sheriffs, by Turner Publishing Company.
For more see the Carolyn Bryant entry in The Color of Healing, by B. F. Morton. For more about the Detroit Black Nurses Association, Inc., see the entry on p. 62 in Maricopa County, AZ Sheriffs, by Turner Publishing Company.
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“Bryant, Carolyn,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed October 11, 2026, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/2445.
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