This is the first I have heard of this

Blacks ‘Injected’ With Syphilis? Never Happened
David Mills
The Huffington Post
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In the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male,” federal researchers refused to treat a group of black men who already had syphilis, long after a cure had been found.
Instead, doctors treated these men like laboratory animals, studying the course of the disease over decades.
The [...]

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Is the age of the church mutha fading?

As one who grew up in the church, I can remember Easter Sundays where those ol’s church muthas and their unique hats were in no short of a supply. Easter was always the best time to see these dear old elders slowly walk into the church looking as sharp as they wanted to be (oh, [...]

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Hilltop halted

Howard’s Student Newspaper Halts Publication
By Shauntel Lowe
Black College Wire
Howard University administrators have halted publication of the university’s student newspaper, the editor in chief and the university spokesman told Black College Wire this week.
Drew Costley, a Howard senior and The Hilltop’s top editor for the 2007-08 academic year, said the action was taken because of more [...]

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