The History of Homer G. Phillips Hospital

Opened in 1937 to serve the African American community in St. Louis, Homer G. Phillips Hospital was beautiful and it had a nursing program attached to it that attracted students from all over the country. Candace O'Connor, author of "Climbing the Ladder, Chasing the Dream, The History of Homer G. Phillips Hospital" joins Sue along with some nurses who graduated from the nursing school and worked at the hospital before its closing in 1979. Their stories reveal not only about the importance of "Homer G" as it was called in the community, but the incredible impact it had on the lives of the people who worked there. Thank you to nurses Georgia Anderson, Richard White, and Celestine Moore for coming in to share their stories of Homer G.