Lasting Legacy: AN APOLOGY 65 YEARS LATE
Lasting Legacy: AN APOLOGY 65 YEARS LATE
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1997
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HUNTER-GAULT, CHARLAYNE PBS News Hour (1997) Lasting Legacy: AN APOLOGY 65 YEARS LATE. [Audio]
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Beginning in 1932, the federal government sponsored a study to examine the impact of syphilis involving black men. The experiment went on until 1972 without the test subjects' knowledge, but no President had apologized to the volunteers and their families until President Clinton did so today. Following a background report on the experiment, Charlayne Hunter-Gault looks at what the legacy of Tuskegee.