Sentenced to Science : : One Black Man's Story of Imprisonment in America /

Sentenced to Science : : One Black Man's Story of Imprisonment in America / / Allen M. Hornblum.

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From 1951 until 1974, Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia was the site of thousands of experiments on prisoners conducted by researchers under the direction of University of Pennsylvania dermatologist Albert M. Kligman. While most of the experiments were testing cosmetics, detergents, and deodorants,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
VerfasserIn:
Hornblum, Allen M.,
TeilnehmendeR:
Washington, Harriet.
Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2007
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 16 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • 1 "My Back Is on Fire"
  • 2 "The Jungle"
  • 3 "Bubble-Eyed Butch"
  • 4 "Don't Serve Time; Let Time Serve You"
  • 5 "He's Got a Body Like Marilyn Monroe"
  • 6 "They Called Me Outer Limits"
  • 7 "Fruit Up"
  • 8 "He Still Has the Cork in His Ass!"
  • 9 "Those Doctors Ain't Interested in You"
  • 10 "I Tried My Best"
  • 11 "I Was in Some Deep Shit Now"
  • 12 "My Spiritual Awakening"
  • 13 "It Was a Jihad"
  • 14 "Feeling Death Blow Past My Face"
  • 15 "A Righteous Life"
  • 16 "Trying to Get a Little Justice"
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Index

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