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Her great-grandfather was in Tuskegee Study, but she's getting vaccine


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Peggy Fitzpatrick, 65, stands for a portrait holding an image of her great grandfather, Willie Fitzpatrick, at East Lake Park in Atlanta s East Lake community, Thursday, February 11, 2021. Willie was a victim of the Tuskegee Experiments, which was an unethical medical study that targeted Black men for more than 40 years. Despite this experiment being a part of Peggy s family legacy, she is still seeking to participate in the COVID-19 vaccination. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
Her great-grandfather was in Tuskegee Study, but she’s getting vaccine
Tatum’s decision to get the vaccine may raise some eyebrows.
The 65-year-old retired federal employee is the great-granddaughter of one of hundreds of Black men in Macon County, Alabama, who were part of a controversial U.S. Public Health Service study on syphilis, commonly known as the Tuskegee Study or Tuskegee Experiment, which began in 1932 and lasted 40 years. ....

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