Shirley McRae Barnes Collection

Shirley McRae Barnes is a retired public relations consultant and active participant in civic groups in Greensboro, North Carolina. She is a graduate of Long Island University. Barnes and her husband, Dr. Milton H. Barnes, were active in the development and growth of Greensboro's L. Richardson Memorial Hospital. Dr. Barnes, who died in 1974, was a dentist, as was his father, Dr. Boise Winslow Barnes, and he was, a plaintiff in the case of Simkins v. Moses Cone Hospital (1963), the landmark Supreme Court decision that desegregated hospitals throughout the South. Dr. and Mrs. Barnes moved into the Clinton Hills neighborhood in the early 1960s and raised their daughter, Dr. Deborah H. Barnes (see additional collection) and son, Milton W. (Billy) Barnes, in homes on Cambridge Avenue and later on Lakeland Road. Shirley M. Barnes married writer and activist Hal Sieber in 1980.

Details

Who's responsible?: Gateway Community Collections, UNC Greensboro
How much has been digitized?: This collection has been digitized in its entirety.
Where can I find more information?: No finding aid available.
Topics: African-American History
North Carolina
Civic Groups
People
Women's History
Medical History
Subject headings: Greensboro (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century
Contributing Institution: Gateway Community-contributed Collections

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: Awards program for candystripers and pilots of L. Richardson Memorial Hospital

: Backyard of house of Cambridge Street; View of Clinton Hills from the Barnes family home at 805 Cambridge Street. The home was originally occupied by Dr. Milton H. Barnes and his wife Shirley McRae Barnes.

: Barnes residence on Lakeland Drive; Barnes family home (constructed ca. 1966) located on Lakeland Drive in the Clinton Hills neighborhood. The home was originally occupied by Dr. Milton H. Barnes and his wife Shirley McRae Barnes.

: Barnes residence on Lakeland Drive; Barnes family home (constructed ca. 1966) located on Lakeland Drive in the Clinton Hills neighborhood. The home was originally occupied by Dr. Milton H. Barnes and his wife Shirley McRae Barnes.

: Barnes residence on Lakeland Drive; Barnes family home (constructed ca. 1966) located on Lakeland Drive in the Clinton Hills neighborhood. The home was originally occupied by Dr. Milton H. Barnes and his wife Shirley McRae Barnes.

: Barnes residence on Lakeland Drive; Barnes family home (constructed ca. 1966) located on Lakeland Drive in the Clinton Hills neighborhood. The home was originally occupied by Dr. Milton H. Barnes and his wife Shirley McRae Barnes.

: Barnes residence on Lakeland Drive; Barnes family home (constructed ca. 1966) located on Lakeland Drive in the Clinton Hills neighborhood. The home was originally occupied by Dr. Milton H. Barnes and his wife Shirley McRae Barnes.

: Barnes residence on Lakeland Drive; Barnes family home (constructed ca. 1966) located on Lakeland Drive in the Clinton Hills neighborhood. The home was originally occupied by Dr. Milton H. Barnes and his wife Shirley McRae Barnes.

: Cliippings and photograph relating to Z Gallery

: Clippings from the 30th anniversary of the Greenbsoro sit-ins

: Clippings related to Cloche Encounter

: Clippings related to L. Richardson Hospital Auxiliary

: Cone Hospital integration commemoration, 2016

: Cone Kids for Somalia

: Coretta Scott King and a group of people in a private home

: Deborah Barnes; Deborah Barnes outside the Barnes family home, probably at 2219 Lakeland Road, Clinton Hills, Greensboro.

: Deborah Barnes's birthday party, 1962; Probably taken in the Barnes family home located on Cambridge Street in the Clinton Hills neighborhood. The home was originally occupied by Dr. Milton H. Barnes and his wife Shirley McRae Barnes.

: Doctor's Day program

: Dr. Milton Barnes, Shirley Barnes, and daughter

: Greensboro Links group

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