This article is a continuation of Part I of the history of West Africa and Central Africa—Gullah/Geechee ancestry. The previous article informed you about the distinct differences between the two groups of people from Africa but from different countries on that continent.

Three African American nurses of the 20th century are remembered in the nursing field as (1) the first African American to graduate from an American School of nursing; (2) one of the few African Americans members of her high school class to graduate and one of the first people to campaign for racial equality in nursing; and (3) the only black woman in her nursing class of thirty to graduate.

I attended church service on Christmas Eve morning at Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. The pastor’s sermon was from Luke 2:1-20; quoting specifically from Luke 2:19 “But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.”