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The Tuskegee syphilis experiments are perhaps the most well-known example of the unethical treatment of black individuals in medical testing. In 1932, a study was organized involving 600 black men, 399 of them had syphilis (CDC). The goal of the study was to see if no treatment was better than the treatments at the time, which were ineffective and occasionally toxic (Schwartz). The men involved were told they were being treated for “bad blood”, and while the participants were volunteers and were…

1972, the United States Public Health Service conducted an awful experiment with the Tuskegee Institute involving over 500 black male sharecroppers who were infected with syphilis. The earliest phase of the experiment was in 1932 in Macon County, Alabama. They wanted to observe the effects of the disease and trace it back to its evolution. Sadly, these men were placebos. They were not told they had syphilis; they were not warned about the consequences of the disease; and, they were giving…

To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, shows the growth and maturity of brother and sister Jem and Scout. Jem, being the older and more responsible sibling, changes and adapts much faster than Scout. Jem starts off as a playful, naive 10 year old boy, and under the good parenting of Atticus, re-emerges at the end as a mature and responsible young man. One aspect Jem changes is his view on bravery, starting off with a childish concept of courage, and evolving to having a different form of…

times in the novel, a quote said by Atticus; “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” The novel is set in Maycomb County, a tiny town located in Alabama. The series of events in the book leading up to how her brother, Jem, broke his arm are narrated by Scout. The novel teaches that empathy has to be developed as you grow and people who haven’t learned to be empathetic, usually can be prejudice…

Think about a town where everyone is separated by color and is completely unfair to colored people, but still find love? That's what Maycomb county is like in the book To Kill a Mockingbird . During the book Harper Lee tries to give you the message of what a good family should be (The Finches), and what they shouldn't be (The Ewell's). Harper Lee also makes the three children, Scout, Jem, and Dill, another factor of love in To Kill a Mockingbird because they would die for each other.…

Chapters seven and eight of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee reflect the central idea of growing up by dealing with the complications of the adult world through the novel’s plot. Jem’s actions pertaining to an event in the story help readers understand the struggles of coming of age, and having to deal with adult issues and ideas. Throughout the novel, Jem and Scout send out and receive objects and messages with Boo Radley through a knothole in a tree in the Radleys’ yard. The Radleys are…

Vocabulary Antiaircraft: A ground defence mechanism designed to attack aircraft through missile or gun shots. Sentence: Henry ground his teeth. That meant about a thousand miles round-trip under attack by enemy fighter planes and antiaircraft on the ground. (Page 6) Nissen hut: A half cylindrical shaped building made from corrugated steel which was originally designed by Major Peter Norman Nissen during World War I. Its main purpose was to house military men and it was heavily used during World…

accounted for the high rate of crime and miscarriages within African-American municipalities and as of yet, no effective cure had been discovered. As a result, approximately 600 male subjects were recruited from the town of Tuskegee in Macon County, Alabama. Although the ethicality of the experiment at the beginning can be advocated, when it formally began in 1932, the scope had significantly changed. Dr. Taliaferro, then Chief of the USPHS Venereal Disease Division alleged that the procedure…

“And the new Miss America 1995, Miss Alabama, Heather Whitestone!” Those are the words Regis Philbin said at the Miss America pageant in 1995 announcing the winner. But this winner had something more unique about her than a usual beauty contestant- she was deaf. In one instant, Heather Whitestone made history and became the first deaf Miss America. Not only that, she became the first woman to win Miss America with any type of disability. But there is so much more to her than the fact that she is…

Bravery Through Time At the point when Harper Lee's novel To Kill a Mockingbird starts, Scout begins by recalling on the end of the story when Jem breaks his arm. In spite of the fact that Jem and his sister Scout frequently bicker, Jem turns into a decent sibling through his coming of age. He keeps her safe, and serves as one of her closest companions. Numerous things change Jem between the beginning and conclusion, his physical attributes as well as psychological. In the course of the story…