The play Miss Evers’ Boys took place in the 1930s Alabama. This was a time when racism still existed especially in the southern states. The play is about the consequences of the Tuskegee syphilis experiment. There where hundreds of black men that were misled by the government into believing that they were undergoing treatment for syphilis. These men were lured into a “Medicaid” type program. They were only being allowed to die. If they died then the deterioration would be documented. When they first started this experimentation they knew first hand that it was immoral and illegal.
The government plays a big part in this because they actually misled illiterate black men who didn’t know any better. One of the most horrible things about this play is that this went on for forty years before it was investigated. Even though this is hard to watch, it's an important part of American history and shows how people's ignorance can harm others. From this I started thinking about European diseases and how the purpose was to kill the African American Race. One of the main ones are HIV/AIDS. From seeing this play it makes me think about all the things that have happened to African Americans and how the government went all long with it such as slavery. One thing I know is anger will not solve anything we as blacks need to come together to make a change.
Niesha S.Bush
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