Miss Evers’ Boys was a very moving play. Before attending the show, I never even knew that it was a true story. This story was a perfect example of how blacks were treated like animals back in history. Blacks were basically used as guinea pigs to test for syphilis. They were injected with syphilis to see whether or not they would die from it. If that isn’t cruelty, I don’t know what is.
This play really opened my eyes to how things were. I personally don’t think that President William Jefferson Clinton’s formal apology was enough. Innocent people’s lives were put in danger, some lives were even taken. Listening to things like that really hurt my heart.
However, knowing that organizations like the NAACP existed was a sort of hope. I can appreciate the fact that free health care was given to the men that were still living, and to infected wives, widows and children. In the end, justice was provided.
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