Imagine using human beings as labratory animals? It is exactly what happened for forty years between 1932 and 1972, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) conducted an experiment on 399 black men in the late stages of syphilis.  Imagine 28 of the men had died directly of syphilis, 100 were dead of related complications, 40 of their wives had been infected, and 19 of their children had been born with congenital syphilis.

  My question about this is how come I never heard about this in my many years of education?  As you read do you think that this is true or just a conspiracy?  Did you ever learn about this in your years of education before college?

  On May 16, 1997 President Clinton apologized for the Tusgkegee Syphilis Experiment to 8 remaining survivors.  The United States government did something that was wrong—deeply, profoundly, morally wrong. It was an outrage to our commitment to integrity and equality for all our citizens. . . . clearly racist. [Read more →]