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A smiling Black man in a white medical coat.
Dr. George Simkins Jr., the community dentist who initiated the class-action lawsuit. (Photo: Greensboro Medical Society).

Simkins v. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital decides on the issue of hospital integration.

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Dr. George Simkins Jr., the community dentist who initiated the class-action lawsuit. (Photo: Greensboro Medical Society).

The decision makes private hospitals subject to anti-discrimination laws in the same way as public hospitals.