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The Tuskegee Anniversary: Proof That Trusting Gov't with Your Health Has Been Destroying Lives for Decades

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On July 24, 1972, the Washington, D.C.-based Washington Star newspaper exposed the details of a 40-year-old crime against hundreds of black men.

The perpetrator of this crime, as it often has been, was the United States government.

In 1932, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) began a study of untreated syphilis in black men. To facilitate the study, health officials worked with the famed Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

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Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.
Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.




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