A fund apologizes for its role in the Tuskegee syphilis study that targeted Black men

Subject

Syphilis; Tuskegee Syphilis Study;

Description

For almost 40 years starting in the 1930s, as government researchers purposely let hundreds of Black men die of syphilis in Alabama so they could study the disease, a foundation in New York covered funeral expenses for the deceased. The payments were vital to survivors of the victims in a time and place ravaged by poverty and racism.

Creator

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Source

https://www.npr.org/2022/06/11/1104386467/tuskegee-syphilis-study-milbank-memorial-fund-apology

Publisher

npr.org

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