The CDC Foundation Launches Scholarship Fund To Financially Support The Descendants of Black Men Affected By The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment

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This picture is one in a sequence of shots during a vaccination drive. By Jasmine Browley ·Updated February 8, 2024

It is one of the most devastating and inhumane events in recent American history, and Black communities are still feeling the effects of it today.

The it in question refers to the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” (now dubbed as the “USPHS Untreated Syphilis Study at Tuskegee”) a

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