It was 50 years ago this weekend that the Tuskegee story became public, in a report in the now-defunct Washington Star, an afternoon newspaper, and then, a day later, via an Associated Press news story. The wire service moved the story again today to mark the anniversary. This is a bit of history we’ve all heard about; click on the links if you’d like to read more, including one of the source documents.
Here’s a news report about the AP journalist who broke the story.
Longtime blog readers may remember a 2015 item about the death of one pre-1972 Tuskegee study critic, Dr. Irwin Schatz.