Legacy of Tuskegee Host Tavis Smiley talks with Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble about the legacy of the Tuskegee syphilis study. Dr. Gamble says that many African Americans continue to distrust medical and public health authorities both because of Tuskegee and because of exploitation and unequal medical treatment before and after it.

Legacy of Tuskegee

January 30, 200212:00 AM ET

Heard on The Tavis Smiley Show

Legacy of Tuskegee

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Host Tavis Smiley talks with Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble about the legacy of the Tuskegee syphilis study. Dr. Gamble says that many African Americans continue to distrust medical and public health authorities both because of Tuskegee and because of exploitation and unequal medical treatment before and after it.