Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male

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• Bill Jenkins Interview on Fresh Air, with Terry Gross
  Broadcast June 18, 1997
• BBC Witness: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
  The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
  Witness
  Lucy Burns, BBC World Service
  
  For nearly 40 years, the US government conducted an experiment on a group of African-American men without their knowledge - to see what would happen if their syphilis was left untreated.
• Examining Tuskegee, Susan M. Reverby
  The Infamous Syphilis Study and Its Legacy.
  
  Awards & Distinctions:
  2011 James F. Sulzby Award, Alabama Historical Association
  2010 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society
  2010 Arthur J. Viseltear Award, American Public Health Association, Medical Care Section
  2010 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title