Tuskegee Syphilis Study
1932–1972 human experiment in Alabama
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| June 2022 | The Milbank Memorial Fund apologized to the descendants of the study's victims for its role in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. |
| 2021 | Documentary 'Medical Racism: The New Apartheid' was produced, which referenced the Tuskegee trials in the context of COVID-19 misinformation. |
| 2021 | Atlanta rapper JID referenced the Tuskegee Experiment in his song 'Skegee'. |
| September 2021 | America's Frontline Doctors filed a lawsuit against New York City, claiming vaccine passport orders were discriminatory against African Americans, referencing the historical context of the Tuskegee experiments. |
| 2020 | Avant-garde metal band Zeal & Ardor released the song 'Tuskegee' on their EP 'Wake of a Nation', addressing the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. |
| January 3 2019 | A United States federal judge ruled that Johns Hopkins University, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and the Rockefeller Foundation must face a $1 billion lawsuit for their roles in a similar unethical experiment affecting Guatemalans. |
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