former member of the Tuskgee Health Commission confesses to the Tuskgee Experiment, conducted at the Macon County Health Center in Alabama, starting in 1932. It analyzed the progression of untreated syphilis in 600 Black farmers, 399 of whom were infected. The patients were injected with a serum, which was actually a placebo. Years passed, and only in 1972 did the experiment come to light. Faced with public and scientific outrage, the experiment was immediately suspended. Its sole purpose was to ensure continued state funding. In 1990, a commission of inquiry condemned the experiment as immoral, racist, and poorly conducted. In 2006, it was deemed the most infamous study in American history, and organizations were created to prevent its repetition.
