This month in 1972, the Washington Star newspaper exposed the Tuskegee Institute syphilis experiment — a secret study on the effects of untreated syphilis in Black men in Alabama. Learn more: https://comca.st/3f7GA9X | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

America’s Most Evil Medical Experiment: The Tuskegee Study From 1932 to 1972, the U.S. government knowingly allowed hundreds of Black men in Alabama to suffer and die from syphilis even after a cure existed. They were promised free healthcare. They were told they had “bad blood.” What they weren’t told was the truth: they were being used as test subjects. When penicillin became available in the 1940s, doctors were ordered not to treat them. Men went blind. Men lost their minds. Men died. Wives w

Throwback Thursday: Capturing the joy and emotions of the 137th annual spring commencement exercises. #tuskegeegrad2022 #tuskegeeuniversity | TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY

‪#Explore, #experience and #engage in all that #TuskegeeUniversity has to offer during our Spring #OpenHouse on Saturday, March 21. Learn more and register online at www.tuskegee.edu/openhouse. | TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY

The “Tuskegee Study’ was a series of experiments on black men conducted by the US government from 1932-1972. As John explains, the study left a long legacy of mistrust towards the medical profession among African Americans. | Chas from Planet America

From 1932 to 1972, the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment let hundreds of African American men suffer without treatment—just so doctors could “study” the disease. Even after a cure was found, they were denied it. Families destroyed, lives lost, and trust shattered forever. #DarkHistory #Tuskegee #AmericanHistory #HistoryUncovered #DisturbingFacts #HiddenHistory #DidYouKnow #ViralHistory #ConspiracyOrTruth #StayCurious | Stories with Colleen