Directed by Academy Award nominee David Massey, the film chronicles the medical cartel s long history of targeting minorities for unethical experiments, the acquiescence of regulatory agencies and medical ethicists, and the silence of physicians who allow these atrocities to continue.
Medical Racism: The New Apartheid is the most powerful and important documentary ever produced on medical experimentation and other abuses against African Americans and people on the continent of Africa, said Curtis Cost. I m extremely proud of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for having the courage to produce this desperately needed documentary. It was Senator Ted Kennedy who brought the Tuskegee syphilis experiments to an end. It was President John F. Kennedy who had the courage to send troops to defend the civil rights of African-Americans. Now, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. continues that tradition with this film. As an African-American, I am extremely proud to be part of this film and of all of the amazing p
Groups commemorate Bloody Sunday despite COVID-19 pandemic
Groups commemorate Bloody Sunday despite COVID-19 pandemic By Ashley Bowerman | March 8, 2021 at 6:01 AM CST - Updated March 8 at 9:56 AM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The 56th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” and the annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee was unlike any other to take place in Selma.
For the first time in decades, there were not the usual thousands of attendees taking part in the commemoration because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bridge crossing reenactment that honors the civil rights activists who were beaten while trying to march to Montgomery in 1965 was largely virtually this year, leaving the Edmund Pettus Bridge unusually empty on the historic day.
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The annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee typically draws tens of thousands of people to Selma each year.
They come to commemorate Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery marches in the place where it happened.
Being in the crowd and walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge gives people a sense that they’re a part of the history and the movement.
But that likely won’t be the case this year since large gatherings have been discouraged during the pandemic.
“Because even if people are congregating outside in large numbers, it’s too dangerous for us to risk the possibility of spreading COVID,” said Jubilee Principal Coordinator Drew Glover.