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Bad Blood, Bad Science
Manage episode 358555512 series 1584
The word “Tuskegee” has come to symbolize the Black community’s mistrust of the medical establishment. It has become American lore. However, most people don’t know what actually happened in Macon County, Alabama, from 1932 to 1972. This episode unravels the myths of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Syphilis Study (the correct name of the study) through conversations with descendants and historians.
CreditsHosts: Alexis Pedrick and Elisabeth Berry Drago Senior Producer: Mariel Carr Producer: Rigoberto Hernandez Associate Producer: Padmini Raghunath Audio Engineer: Jonathan Pfeffer
“Innate Theme” composed by Jonathan Pfeffer. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions.
Resource ListBlack Journal; 301; The Tuskegee Study: A Human Experiment
Descendants of men from horrifying Tuskegee study want to calm virus vaccine fears, by David Montgomery
Examining Tuskegee: The infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy
Susceptible to Kindness: Miss Evers’ Boys and the Tuskegee Syphis Study
Under the Shadow of Tuskegee: African Americans and Health Care, by Vanessa Northington Gamble
349 episodes
Manage episode 358555512 series 1584
The word “Tuskegee” has come to symbolize the Black community’s mistrust of the medical establishment. It has become American lore. However, most people don’t know what actually happened in Macon County, Alabama, from 1932 to 1972. This episode unravels the myths of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Syphilis Study (the correct name of the study) through conversations with descendants and historians.
CreditsHosts: Alexis Pedrick and Elisabeth Berry Drago Senior Producer: Mariel Carr Producer: Rigoberto Hernandez Associate Producer: Padmini Raghunath Audio Engineer: Jonathan Pfeffer
“Innate Theme” composed by Jonathan Pfeffer. Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions.
Resource ListBlack Journal; 301; The Tuskegee Study: A Human Experiment
Descendants of men from horrifying Tuskegee study want to calm virus vaccine fears, by David Montgomery
Examining Tuskegee: The infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy
Susceptible to Kindness: Miss Evers’ Boys and the Tuskegee Syphis Study
Under the Shadow of Tuskegee: African Americans and Health Care, by Vanessa Northington Gamble
349 episodes
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