The Tuskegee Syphilis Study : An Insider's Account of the Shocking Medical Experiment Conducted by Government Doctors Against African American Men

Fred D. Gray *INSCRIBED*

ISBN 10: 1588380890 / ISBN 13: 9781588380890

Published by New South Books, 1998

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1st edition, 1998. Book issued in illustrated wraps. 175 pages. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Selling quality book for 35 years.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study : An Insider's Account of the Shocking Medical Experiment Conducted by Government Doctors Against African American Men
• Publisher: New South Books
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1588380890
• ISBN 13: 9781588380890
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

In 1932, the U.S. Public Health Service recruited 623 African American men from Macon County, Alabama, for a study of “the effects of untreated syphilis in the Negro male.” For the next 40 years―even after the development of penicillin, the cure for syphilis―these men were denied medical care for this potentially fatal disease. The Tuskegee Syphilis Study was exposed in 1972, and in 1975 the government settled a lawsuit but stopped short of admitting wrongdoing. In 1997, President Bill Clinton welcomed five of the Study survivors to the White House and, on behalf of the nation, officially apologized for an experiment he described as wrongful and racist. In this book, the attorney for the men describes the background of the study, the investigation and the lawsuit, the events leading up to the Presidential apology, and the ongoing efforts to see that out of this painful and tragic episode of American history comes lasting good.

About the Author

FRED D. GRAY is one of the nation’s leading civil rights attorneys. At age 24, he was the lawyer for Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which began the modern Civil Rights Movement. His other cases and clients include the Freedom Riders, the Selma-to-Montgomery March, numerous school desegregation and voting rights lawsuits, and many others. He lives in Tuskegee, Alabama.