Author?
David Feldshuh
Setting?
Macon County, Alabama
Genre?
Tragedy/Drama
Who is Hodman?
One of the men tested; age 37 and a farmer; ends up dying by drinking turpentine
Who is Eunice/Nurse Evers?
Age 28; a public health nurse; the women responsible for taking care of the boys during the experiment
Who is Dr. Eugene Brodus?
One of the head doctors; African-American from Alabama
Who is Dr. Douglas?
One of the head doctors of the experiment; part of the U.S. Health Services
Who is Willie Johnson?
The youngest of the four men; also a farmer; has dreams of performing in the Cotton Club as a dancer
Who is Caleb Humphries?
One of the four men in the experiment; rebels against the experiment and receives the penicillin shot
Who is Ben Washington?
The oldest of the four men; very uneducated; dies from syphillis
Plot?
Follows the story of 4 men and their participation in the Tuskegee experiment, in which African American men were studied unknowingly for the effects of untreated syphillis.
They were administered false and harmful medicine. Raised many ethical questions.
