Although the Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in 1863, African-Americans' struggle for true freedom lasted "decade after decade after decade," Darlene Clark Hine said Monday. "It was like ...

[40] The second educational program for African American nurses opened in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1941. It graduated 31 students before it closed in 1946. [43] Funding came from the Rosenwald ...