EditorialRetired Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee, center of bottom row, acknowledges the applause to his introduction during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 4, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
EditorialLucenia Williams Dunn at home in Tuskegee, Ala., Sept. 12, 2021. Dunn, who was not in favor of getting inoculated until a few months ago, finds it hard to separate the painful history of the Tuskegee syphilis study from the creation of COVID-19 vaccines. (Matthew Odom/The New York Times)
EditorialU.S. President Bush signs a presidential proclamation in honor of the 60th anniversary of Armed Forces in Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 23 Jul 2008
EditorialAn undated photo from the National Archives shows a participant in the since-condemned Tuskegee study. (National Archives via The New York Times)
EditorialFrom 1932 to 1972, doctors in the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, intentionally did not treat Black men for the disease, so they could study the progress of symptoms. (National Archives via The New York Times)
EditorialRetired Tuskegee Airman, Charles McGee, front row, third from left, is applauded during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)