Category: Social Sciences
Another Version of the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
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The experiment turned out to be a heinous government experiment in which hundreds of Black men with syphilis infection went untreated for 40 years. While the government lied to the men and pretended to heal them, the...
Does the Davis-Bacon Act Cause Black Unemployment?
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The Davis-Bacon Act is a federal law that costs taxpayers $1 billion annually in inflated construction costs and more than $100 million in administrative costs. This law, says the Institute For Justice, was created wi...
Pesticides & Cancer
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What were the effects of the spraying of the pesticide malathion in New York City in August 1999? This program examines the Environmental Protection Agency’s report on the use of this pesticide and the continuing deb...
Dr. Buxton & The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
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For 40 years, the Center for Disease Control, the official agency of the federal government, intentionally did not treat selected syphilitic Black men in Tuskegee, Alabama in order to study the effects of untreated sy...
Black Americans and Black Immigrants
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Guests: Dr. David Chand, Dr. Ku-ntima Makidi and Dr. Letha See (1229)
Can Blacks Support Themselves?
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A discussion of the economic failures of Black America and some possible solutions. Guest LeBaron Taylor (426)
Where Do We Go From Roots?
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An examination of race relation in post-Roots America, the deeper meanings of the book and TV series to the American public. Guests: Dr. John Howard, Researcher, State University of New York; Dr. Louis Bolce, professo...
Man and Woman
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Nena O’Neill, author of “The Marriage Premise,” examines relationships between Black men and women in society. Guest: Ruby Dee. 102
The City of Brothers and Sisters
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Gang rehabilitation in Philadelphia How some of Philadelphia's most vicious gang members were turned into respectable citizens by a concerned Black family is examined. (411)
