Simkins, George C., 1924-2001

Authoritative Name:

Simkins, George C., 1924-2001

Biography:

George Simkins attended Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1944 to 1948, when only two dental schools accepted black students. He established his dental practice in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he fought segregation at a local golf course but lost the case before the United States Supreme Court on a technicality. He also sought to desegregate a swimming pool and built a case against segregation in two Greensboro hospitals. The Supreme Court decided Simkins v. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in the plaintiffs' favor, ending the legal segregation of medical care.--From Oral Histories of the American South biography.

Associated Subjects:

Simkins, George C., 1924-2001

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)

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Oral history interview with George Simkins, April 6, 1997

Creator:

Simkins, George C., 1924-2001

Date of Original:

1997-04-06

Collection:

Oral Histories of the American South: The Civil Rights Movement

Contributing Institution:

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project)