What clinical study during 1932 and 1972 involving African-American males was documented in a play that won 4 Emmy awards
David Feldshuh David Feldshuh (born 1944 in New York City) is a physician, playwright, and author. His 1992 play "Miss Evers' Boys", based on the Tuskegee syphilis experiment, was a finalist for the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The 1997 HBO adaptation of "Miss Evers' Boys" (adapted by Walter Bernstein) was nominated for eleven Emmy Awards (winning four) and two Golden Globe Awards (winning one).
Barbara Justice Barbara J. Justice-Muhammad is a forensic and clinical psychiatrist as well as a surgical oncologist. The first African-American woman to be trained in general surgery at Columbia University Medical Center. She has worked at Harlem Hospital, Abundant Life Clinic and at Memorial Sloane Kettering sites in New York. She is well known for her long-running New York radio show, "Medical View and You," and was honored in 1996 when Mayor David Dinkins proclaimed a citywide "Barbara Justice Day" for her contribution to the health of the community.