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==Society and culture== ;Comics * ''[[Truth: Red, White, and Black]]'' (published January–July 2003) is a seven-issue [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comic book series inspired by the Tuskegee trials. Written as a prequel to the ''[[Captain America]]'' series, ''Truth: Red, White, and Black'' explores the exploitation of certain races for scientific research, as in the Tuskegee syphilis trials.<ref name="AJPH-2008"/> ;Theater * [[David Feldshuh]]'s stage play ''Miss Evers' Boys'' (1992), based on the history of the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee, was a runner-up for the 1992 [[Pulitzer Prize]] in drama.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Drama |title = The Pulitzer Prizes: Drama |website = The Pulitzer Prizes |publisher = Columbia University |access-date = November 20, 2008 |archive-date = August 13, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100813115701/http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Drama |url-status = live }}</ref> ;Music * The lyrics of [[Gil Scott-Heron]]'s 33-second song, "Tuskeegee #626", featured on the ''[[Bridges (Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson album)|Bridges]]'' (1977) LP, details and condemns the U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee. * [[Frank Zappa]]'s 1984 album ''[[Thing Fish]]'' was heavily inspired by the events of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. * Avant-garde metal band [[Zeal & Ardor]]'s song "Tuskegee", from the 2020 EP ''Wake of a Nation'', is about the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. * Jazz musician [[Don Byron]]'s 1992 album ''[[Tuskegee Experiments]]'' was inspired by the study. *Atlanta rapper [[JID]] juxtaposes his life to the Tuskegee Experiment in his 2021 song "Skegee".<ref>{{Cite web|title=J.I.D pays homage to the historical Tuskegee experiments in Alabama in "Skegee" video – Music News|url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2021/2/25/jid-pays-homage-to-the-historical-tuskegee-experiments-in-al.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 26, 2021|website=ABC News Radio|language=en|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225221955/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2021/2/25/jid-pays-homage-to-the-historical-tuskegee-experiments-in-al.html}}</ref> ;Television * The 1992 ''[[Secret History (TV series)|Secret History]]'' series documentary "Bad Blood" is about the experiment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1417763/ |title=Bad Blood |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=July 12, 2020 |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080416/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1417763/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''[[Miss Evers' Boys]]'' (1997), a TV adaptation of David Feldshuh's eponymous 1992 stage play, was nominated for 11 [[Emmy Award]]s<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/97/9.11.97/Emmys.html |title = HBO's adaptation of Feldshuh's play Miss Evers' Boys is up for 12 Emmys |first = Darryl |last = Geddes |date = September 11, 1997 |work = Cornell Chronicle |access-date = August 4, 2005 |archive-date = September 10, 2005 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050910174011/http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/97/9.11.97/Emmys.html |url-status = live }}</ref> and won in four categories.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119679/awards |title = Awards for Miss Evers' Boys |publisher = Cornell University |access-date = July 1, 2018 |archive-date = March 14, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160314040520/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119679/awards |url-status = live }}</ref> ;Video production *''[[Medical Racism: The New Apartheid]]'' (2021) exploits the Tuskegee trials to promote [[COVID-19 misinformation]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Zadrozny|first1=Brandy|author-link1=Brandy Zadrozny|last2=Adams|first2=Char|date=March 11, 2021|title=Covid's devastation of Black community used as 'marketing' in new anti-vaccine film|work=NBC News|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/covid-s-devastation-black-community-used-marketing-new-anti-vaxxer-n1260724|url-status=live|access-date=March 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318224620/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/covid-s-devastation-black-community-used-marketing-new-anti-vaxxer-n1260724|archive-date=March 18, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Zadrozny|first1=Brandy|author-link1=Brandy Zadrozny|last2=Adams|first2=Char|date=March 11, 2021|title=Covid's devastation of Black community used as 'marketing' in new anti-vaccine film|work=NBC News|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/covid-s-devastation-black-community-used-marketing-new-anti-vaxxer-n1260724|url-status=live|access-date=March 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314022034/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/covid-s-devastation-black-community-used-marketing-new-anti-vaxxer-n1260724|archive-date=March 14, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Guynn|first=Jessica|date=March 10, 2021|title='We are going to have to save ourselves,' Black community fights deadly COVID vaccine conspiracy theories|work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/03/10/covid-vaccine-facebook-youtube-instagram-black-misinformation-fight/6943180002/|url-status=live|access-date=March 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319014116/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/03/10/covid-vaccine-facebook-youtube-instagram-black-misinformation-fight/6943180002/|archive-date=March 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last1=Hale Spencer|first1=Saranac|last2=Fichera|first2=Angelo|date=March 11, 2021|title=RFK Jr. Video Pushes Known Vaccine Misrepresentations|url=https://www.factcheck.org/2021/03/scicheck-rfk-jr-video-pushes-known-vaccine-misrepresentations/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312005215/https://www.factcheck.org/2021/03/scicheck-rfk-jr-video-pushes-known-vaccine-misrepresentations/|archive-date=March 12, 2021|access-date=March 21, 2021|website=Factcheck.org|publisher=Annenberg Public Policy Center}}</ref>
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