Descendants of the Tuskegee experiment victims are participating in a new documentary to help combat vaccine hesitancy in the Black community. The documentary, entitled Tuskegee Legacy Stories, examines the nature of the Tuskegee experiment by contrasting it to the current scientific climate and addresses misinformation surrounding the 20th-century study. “Knowing that you were denied treatment […]
Tuskegee University has a new President and she is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. On Monday, the Tuskegee University Board of Trustees announced that interim President Dr. Charlotte Morris had been elected the ninth president of Tuskegee University, effective August 1, 2021. “It is with great humility and honor that I accept […]
Black women’s history matters in medicine. Read ProPublica’s feature piece on how the US is the most dangerous industrialized country in which to give birth, and racial disparities in maternal mortality make it even worse for women of color: https://www.propublica.org/article/nothing-protects-black-women-from-dying-in-pregnancy-and-childbirth And they’re seeking your help in understanding the problem. If you nearly died during pregnancy […]
PHOENIX (AP) — One of three surviving members in Arizona of the famed all-Black Tuskegee Airmen has died. The Archer-Ragsdale Chapter Tuskegee Airmen confirmed in a news release that Robert Ashby died Friday at his home in the Phoenix suburb of Sun City. He was 95. Born in 1926 in Yemassee, South Carolina, Ashby enlisted […]