Milbank Memorial Fund Apologizes for Role in Tuskegee Syphilis Study

The Milbank Memorial Fund donated pittances to the families of Black men who died of untreated syphilis with a grotesque condition: families had to agree to intrusive autopsies to gather information about the effects of the disease.

Families of Tuskegee Syphilis Study Victims Seek Leftover Settlement Fund

Descendants of hundreds of black men who were left untreated for syphilis during an infamous government study want a judge to award them any money remaining from a $9 million legal settlement over the program.