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Syphilis is a disease that is caused by a bacteria that is transmitted through sexual contact or from mothers to children at birth. Syphilis doesn’t go away, however it can stay dormant for years or even decades (Reverby). When the study first began in Macon County, Alabama, there were no proven treatments of syphilis (About the USPHS Syphilis Study). The purpose of the study was “to record the natural history of syphilis in blacks (Reverby). 600 men were involved in the study. 201 of which…

to intermingle while weaving serves as the root for the word “intertextuality” which was introduced in the late 1960s and thoroughly used in novels written by Toni Morrison. Morrison published the Song of Solomon in 1977, which follows the life of Macon “Milkman” Dead III from birth to death, as he travels from his hometown in Michigan to Virginia in search of his family and himself. As a privileged African American, Milkman has a diverse array of experiences, ranging from being tied to his…

Study has been one of the most notorious missteps of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS), with research conducted between 1932 and 1972. The study monitored the long-term effects of untreated syphilis in African American men residing in Macon County, Alabama. The study's original purpose was to test how the long-term effects of untreated syphilis compared to the treatment of the disease at the time, an arsenic-containing compound known as salvarsan. Researchers told participants they…

artist, and now, a self-employed artist. Smith was given credit for the capture of a murder in the 1990’s due to her excellent composite drawings. Beth is also a board member at the Fine Art Society of Middle Georgia as well as working for a studio in Macon Georgia known as The 567 Center for Renewal.…

From February 1864 until the end of the Civil War in April 1865, Andersonville Prison was a Confederate military prison where captured Union soldiers were being held. Andersonville Prison, the most famous military prison during the Civil War, left a mark on the South and should not be forgotten. Andersonville as a field with a log stockade bordering it and a stream intersected it, which served the prisoners both a sanitation system and water supply (Thomason). The stream soon became polluted…

position, racist situation, and the right of black people in the society. This movie was filming about the life of a sharecropper’s son, Cecil Gaines’ life. Cecil grown up in a cotton plantation with his father and mother, working for their master in Macon, Georgia. From the beginning of the movie, we can see that the slaves are living in a world of hardship. Cecil’s dad even told him “This is his world. We just be living in it.”, when Cecil’s mother were brought…

Until Lena moved to his town that is. When she arrived no one knew anything about her except that she was the niece of the town hermit Macon Ravenwood. Ethan had a class with her and the other girls in his class noticeably bullied her. Lena got up and walked over the the sharpener and pretended to sharpen her pencil, but they continued and (her being magical and all) accidentally used her…

Pre-Delta Airline Years The name Delta is traced back to Telulah, LA in 1909 as an agricultural lab, the Delta Lab. Scientists were working on a control for boll weevil insects that were attacking cotton crops across the Mississippi Delta. The entomologist Dr. B.R. Coad was hired by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to head the Delta Lab and was assisted by C.E. Woolman. Woolman was a young college graduate of the University of Illinois who had been hired by the USDA through the…

A portion of Spring Street was recently renamed after Ted Turner, an Atlanta business tycoon. Ted Turner Drive runs through downtown Atlanta serving as a permanent marker of his accomplishments. “It’s very humbling to know that a city thought enough of you to name a portion of the city after you,” Turner said about the street. Turner, founder of CNN, has lived in Atlanta most of his adult life. He is an important and revered figure to the city. Along with CNN, he has also owned the Atlanta…

Oliver O. Howard, while the left was by Henry W. Slocum. William Sherman had about 600 ambulances and 2,500 supply wagons. The march had begun. The two wings headed to different ways staying at least 20 to 40 miles apart. The right wing headed for Macon, Georgia and the left wing headed for Augusta. They headed for the capital, Milledgeville. They raided farms and farms and plantations and were known as "bummers". This past November, on the twenty-third, Sherman took over the governor's mansion…