Medical Discrimination in America

MLK Program Wednesday, January 11, 7 P.M. Prof. Alondra Nelson, Columbia University, and Prof. Susan Reverby, Wellesley College; moderated by Gabriel Sanders, Director of Public Programs Reverby, an authority on the infamous Tuskegee syphilis study, and Nelson, whose new book chronicles the Black Panthers’ fight against medical discrimination, discuss how racially based medical theories affected the treatment of the African American community both before and after World War II. $10, $7 students/seniors, $5 members Presented in conjunction with Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race. Tour the exhibition at 6 P.M. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Call 646.437.4202 .