UM Common Reading Experience 2011: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A. Denton's major contribution to our understanding of both racism and poverty.

James H. Jones' book was turned into a stageplay and later developed for the 1997 movie "Miss Evers' Boys".

One woman's immortal legacy and the medical scandal it caused; bibliographical references included.

Susan Reverby's comprehensive analysis of the notorious study of untreated syphilis, which took place in and around Tuskegee, Alabama, from the 1930s through the 1970s. Also available as an E-Book.

Thesis written in 1979 by Jimmie Franklin Barnes, Jr. in Special Collections.

Harriet A. Washington's groundbreaking study documents incidents where African-Americans have been unwitting or unwilling human guinea pigs in a long, continuing history of the American medical establishment.

Karla F.C. Holloway's book on the social construction of personal identity, with special focus on gender and racial categorizations in biomedical ethics. Discusses Henrietta Lacks.