Episode 92: Podcast Party, Bitch!

Tina and Hillary cover the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and Operation Sea Spray.

Tina’s Story
Back in 1932, the US Public Health Service along with the Center for Disease Control, funded and started a study to measure the impact of syphilis on untreated black patients. BUT, when a remedy was discovered in the 1950s, the Department sought to prevent treatment instead.

Hillary’s Story
By the mid 20th century, the US military began research into potential threats of biological warfare. BUT, when the military runs tests outside of a laboratory setting, thousands of lives are put at risk.

Sources
Tina's Story
McGill Office for Science and Society
40 Years of Human Experimentation in America: The Tuskegee Study--by Ada McVean

JSTOR
Racism and Research: The Case of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study--by Allan M. Brandt

History
Tuskegee Experiment: The Infamous Syphilis Study--by ELIZABETH NIX
Social Dawinism

Scientific American
We Learned the Wrong Lessons from the Tuskegee ‘Experiment’

Wikipedia
Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Tuskegee University

NBER Working Paper Series
TUSKEGEE AND THE HEALTH OF BLACK MEN--by Marcella Alsan and Marianne Wanamaker

CDC
The US Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee

The New York Times
Families Emerge as Silent Victims Of Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment--by Carol Kaesuk Yoon
Blacks in U. S. Syphilis Program Settle Their Suit Out of Court

Trinity College Digital Repository
How Evolution was used to Support Scientific Racism--by Lindsay Pressman

CDC
Syphilis: The Facts

Britannica
Tuskegee syphilis study

Photos
Doctor Drawing Blood from Tuskegee Test Subject--from the National Archives via Public Domain
Depression Era Poster Advocating for Early Syphilis Treatment--WPA Poster via Public Domain