The Black Angels History and when he crosses paths

and when he crosses paths with rogue homicide detective Louis “Lou” Ceavers

Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall

" —Pat Neely

Watching Jane’s back

Richly illustrated with images of the portraits

The Black Angels History and when he crosses pathsNew York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nurse shortage. So begins the remarkable true story of the Black nurses who helped cure one of the worlds deadliest plagues: tuberculosis. During those dark pre antibiotic days, when tuberculosis killed one in seven people, white nurses at Sea View, New Yorks largest municipal hospital, began quitting. Desperate to avert a public health crisis, city officials summoned Black southern