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In this interview, George Simkins discusses why he decided to challenge Cone Hospital in court. He also describes the processes of initiating a lawsuit.
George Simkins interviewed by Karen Karen Kruse Thomas, April 6, 1997. Interview R-0018. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"Desegregating Hospitals." ANCHOR. Library of NC. 2008.
Lawson Andrew Scruggs, one of the first three black doctors licensed by the state of North Carolina, practiced at Leonard (Shaw) and St. Agnes Hospitals.
St. Agnes Hospital Nursing School, St. Augustine's College