Susceptible to Kindness: Miss Evers' Boys and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
- Producing Organization
- Cornell University. Center for Theatre Arts
- Cornell University. Educational Television Center
- Contributing Organization
- The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-526-ns0ks6kb0n
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- Description
- Program Description
- "This video examines the ethical issues raised by the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male. This 1932-1972 study was conducted by the United States Public Health Service to document the long-term effects of syphilis. The subjects were originally gathered to receive free medical treatment."--1994 Peabody Awards entry form excerpt.This program uses archival footage, photographs, and interviews with doctors, medical professionals, and researchers to examine the history of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study that was conducted in Macon County, Alabama. The ethical issues are presented to the viewer through excerpts from David Feldshuh's play, Miss Evers' Boys, which is based on the study. The people interviewed react to the excerpts from the play and discuss the historical context and issues of race and class surrounding the study as well as the ethical issues of the study. They also discuss what the Tuskegee Syphilis Study tells us about the AIDS crisis. Several survivors from the study are interviewed, including Charlie Pollard, who sued after the truth of the study came out. The program includes footage from the study, a clip of an interview with Charlie Pollard and his lawyer, Fred Gray, when they appeared on the television program Good Morning America, and an audio recording of Eunice Rivers, a nurse who participated in the study.
- Broadcast Date
- 1994
- Asset type
- Program
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:50:46.810
- Credits
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Producing Organization: Cornell University. Center for Theatre Arts
Producing Organization: Cornell University. Educational Television Center
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the
University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-9d75a9b764b (Filename)
Format: U-matic
Duration: 0:47:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Susceptible to Kindness: Miss Evers' Boys and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study,” 1994, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 25, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-ns0ks6kb0n.
- MLA: “Susceptible to Kindness: Miss Evers' Boys and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study.” 1994. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 25, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-ns0ks6kb0n>.
- APA: Susceptible to Kindness: Miss Evers' Boys and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-ns0ks6kb0n