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Two HBCU presidents joined Covid-19 vaccine trials to encourage others, but past racist experiments still haunt such efforts – ABC17NEWS – ABC17News.com
When the presidents of two historically Black colleges announced they were participating in a Covid-19 vaccine trial, they hoped to encourage other African Americans to do the same to ensure that an eventual vaccine has been tested on — and is effective for —…
When the presidents of two historically Black colleges announced they were participating in a Covid-19 vaccine trial, they hoped to encourage other African Americans to do the same to ensure that an eventual vaccine has been tested on — and is effective for — people of color.
Instead, they’ve been met with widespread skepticism from people who point to the United States’ history of unethical medical experiments on Black people.
Presidents Walter Kimbrough of Dillard University and Reynold Verr…
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