60. Yes They Would! The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
This episode is brought to you by Ground News. Subscribe for 40% off their Vantage plan at groundnews.com/tablesThe Tuskegee Syphilis Study was a 40-year medical experiment conducted by the United States Public Health Service in Macon County, Alabama to observe the natural progression of untreated syphilis in Black men.Beginning in 1932, researchers recruited about 600 poor African American sharecroppers—399 who had syphilis and 201 who did not. The men were told they were being treated for “bad blood,” a local term used to describe various illnesses. In reality, they were not given proper…
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