1957, Lula Mae Goins Green a 25-year-old negro single mother of three working in the kitchen of St. Francis Hospital in Monroe, Louisiana.
Sees the first group of the graduated class from the Natchitoches Negro School of Nursing, Natchitoches, Louisiana in their crisp white uniforms, sparks her interested, inquiring information of who they were and what school they attended she discovers the next nursing class starts in a week. This lights a desire within her to further her education.
Rushing home to share with her mother what she witnesses…
