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1955: Psychiatric hospital integrates

By toigo • January 3, 2024April 25, 2024

Renard Hospital, the psychiatric hospital, integrates after white psychiatrists Samuel Guze, MD, and George Winokur, MD, quietly begin admitting Black patients.

Samuel B. Guze oral history audio recording available via Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives »

Images: Samuel Guze, MD | George Winokur, MD


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