The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, Where Doctors Lied to Their Black

question 9

Multiple Choice

The Tuskegee syphilis experiment, where doctors lied to their Black male patients about their diagnosis and treatment, began in 1932. It ended in

• A) 1947, when penicillin became available.
• B) 1954, when Jim Crow Laws ended.
• C) 1965, when the Voting Rights Act passed.
• D) 1972, when an employee leaked the story to the media.

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