Tuskegee Experiment

Yes, I think the Tuskegee airmen were treated unfairly. There were 600 men who
participated in this study, 399 of the men had syphilis and 201 did not. The men were
primarily sharecroppers from the poorest counties in Alabama. These men, their wives,
and children, had no idea what they were being treated for. They were told they were being
treated for "Bad Blood". They didn't realize that the data would be collected during an
autopsy after their deaths.
Left untreated syphilis can and may lead to all kinds of complications. The Problem was it
not only affected the men that volunteered but the syphilis spread to their girlfriends,
wives, and sometimes their children. Pregnant mothers that have syphilis may pass it on to
their unborn child.
In 1945 Penicillin became the first known treatment for Syphilis, yet these men were not
allowed the treatment nor were they told about it. It was not until 1972 when Jean Heller, a
reporter for NPR released an article about this study that the general public became aware
of the "Tuskegee Experiment".