Center Black women’s voices.

Center Black women’s voices.

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Let’s dig in. There’s this famous study nobody likes to talk about.

It began during the Depression and ended after the Civil Rights movement.

The CDC secretly ran it for 40 years on nearly 400 Black subjects.

25+ died directly. 100 died from complications. Scores of spouses infected. Dozens of kids born with congenital defects. None treated with the cure.

Penicillin. It was known and established before the experiment’s halfway mark as the standard treatment. All deceived instead, given placebos for “bad blood”.

“Impossible! How could this happen in the 70s? Which study was this?!”

The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male.

“For the black women in particular who have spent their lifetimes dedicated to nurturing everyone before themselves. We can and will do better for you.”

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Medium resident cheerleader since 2015. Author, Brown Grass. Founder, Perennial Millennial. Earned 3 STEM degrees in 5 years. Former management consultant.🕺🏾