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Last Tuskegee Experiment Survivor Dies Ernest Hendon, the last survivor of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, died last week. His funeral takes place Wednesday. Hendon was one of 623 men who participated in a U.S. Public Health Service experiment that examined the effects of untreated syphilis on a group of black men in Macon County, Ga., from 1932 to 1972. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with Fred Gray, an attorney who represented Hendon in a class-action lawsuit against the government.

Last Tuskegee Experiment Survivor Dies

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Last Tuskegee Experiment Survivor Dies

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Ernest Hendon, the last survivor of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, died last week. His funeral takes place Wednesday. Hendon was one of 623 men who participated in a U.S. Public Health Service experiment that examined the effects of untreated syphilis on a group of black men in Macon County, Ga., from 1932 to 1972. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with Fred Gray, an attorney who represented Hendon in a class-action lawsuit against the government.

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