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SHATTERING THE SILENCE: TUSKEGEE'S FORTY YEARS OF UNSPOKEN HARM

REVOLUTION, REACTION, REFORM

NATIONAL HISTORY DAY 2026



Tuskegee, Alabama [Courtesy of the National Archives Catalog]


“In retrospect the Tuskegee Study revealed more about the pathology of racism than it did about the pathology of syphilis.”

—Austin Frakt, The legacy of the Tuskegee study, 2019

"History, although about the past, is our best defense against future errors and transgressions."
—Martin J. Tobin, Fiftieth Anniversary of Uncovering the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: The Story and Timeless Lessons, 2022


Sarah Zhang

Senior Division Individual Website

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