O B J E C T I V E
From an archived photo, connect to the history of the location
and respond by photographing a series of images.
and respond by photographing a series of images.
Fall 2013.
original presentation
the gathering
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, Macon Co., Notasulga, AL.
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, Macon Co., Notasulga, AL.
(Macon County Syphilis Study, one of the first recruitment sites.)
the truth
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.
(Charlie W. Pollard, 1906 – 2000, was responsible for the lawsuit against the US govt. for conducting the study.)
the deception
Abandoned home in Macon Co., Tuskegee, AL.
Abandoned home in Macon Co., Tuskegee, AL.
(For forty years, 1932 – 1972, black males were denied treatment of their syphilis.)
the filth
A clothesline of a Tuskegee resident was included for its symbolic nature.
(There were up to six-hundred men affected, including some of the black faculty of Tuskegee Institute.)
the end
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.
(Many participants of the infamous US Public Health Study of Syphilis in Untreated Black Males are buried here.)
the tree
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
(The male participants met under this oak tree for treatment, medical consolations, etc.)
Thanks for viewing.
