Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

Harriet Washington's National Book Critics Circle Award-winning account of the documented history of non-consensual medical experimentation on Black Americans. From colonial-era practices through Tuskegee, Holmesburg Prison, and contemporary racial disparities in healthcare, this is the book that gives Tuskegee its full context. The standard reference for understanding medical racism in the United States.