The History of Research and Clinical Trials and Its Impact on the African-American Community

Alongside panelists Dr. Stephen Sodeke and Dr. Karriem Watson, Veronica Robinson, a Henrietta Lacks family descendent, and Lillie Tyson Head, a descendant of a participant in the U.S. Public Health Syphilis Study at Tuskegee in Macon County Alabama, discuss how the historical context of research and clinical trials has impacted the African-American community in Day 1 of the Macon County Health Research Symposium, Moving Us Forward!