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The Kate B. Reynolds Hospital opened in 1938 with one hundred beds for the treatment of black patients and the education of black medical students. On May 15, 1938 a “city-Wide Negro Appreciation Service was held at the Bowman Gray Memorial Stadium to honor the hospital’s donors and the city of Winston-Salem. The choir was comprised of 1,000 black voices anchored by the Winston-Salem Teacher’s College 500 voice student chorus (now Winston-Salem State University) .Often referred to as “Katie B.” the hospital provided care for thirty-two years until Reynolds Memorial/Reynolds Health Center replaced it in 1970.