The author of the article happened to attend the Freedmen's Hospital School of Nursing alumni holiday party last year. This nursing school was attached to the only federally funded hospital for African Americans. The school was founded on November 15, 1884 on the initiative of Dr. Daniela Hale Williams and her roots go back to the Civil War era. In 1900, a 36-month training course was recommended. In 1904, the school was incorporated in New York State and its graduates were accepted into the Nurses Associated Alumnae, today's American Nurses Association. In September 1909, under the leadership of Jule Duffy, the training was extended to 36 months with practical and theoretical instruction. In 1942, the school was renamed the Freedmen's Hospital School of Nursing, and in 1967, it was transferred to Howard University together with the hospital. By 1973, the school had graduated 1,558 nurses, and the last class graduated that same year.[1]