SIMKINS v. CONE

SIMKINS v. CONE is a North Carolina historical marker in Guilford County, dedicated 2016.

Guilford County · dedicated 2016 · North Elm Street alongside Cone Hospital in Greensboro

Landmark federal court of appeals decision 1963 involving Cone Hospital led to racial integration of hospitals in the U.S.

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American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee

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under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here

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This marker is part of the North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, run by the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources jointly with the N.C. Department of Transportation. Marker texts and locations are the program's own, as the Department publishes them.

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