They came, for the most part, from points far away from the farmland and hills of the Green Mountain State. They came from other shores, and from cities and towns across the American South. They were the first few African American students to study medicine at the University of Vermont, and their stories have remained largely untold. In the halls of the College, old framed class photos show row upon row of white faces—so many that, for most people who walk by, the few graduates of color barely register. But they were here, for several decades of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and their stories deserve to stand out.