While conducting some other historical research recently, I ran across an amazing government health document called, "National Negro Health News" published by the US Public Health Service in 1943-1944. I was rather shocked at the comprehensive quality of health programs for blacks during this era that included nutrition, fitness, community health, education, and so much more, but then I noticed articles on STDs like syphilis which caused concern because of the horrific Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments that ran from 1938 to 1972. This terrible experiment allowed blacks to suffer horribly with blindness and other health problems which at times led to their death. I was deeply disturbed to read through so many articles on "prevention of syphilis" in black communities while knowing that at the same exact time of this publication the same US Government was allowing infected blacks to progress with syphilis.

My objective of the show is to highlight some reasons why blacks have a distrust of government health and to also call for you to question what we are being told today such as, "We are doing this because we care about your health." Know who you are dealing with here--the same government talking rhetoric on public health has historically violated public health and especially in black communities. The same government talking about how much they care about our health serves junk food in schools and has allowed the removal and deterioration of proper physical and "health" education classes. This is a call to action--NOT for more violence, but for the people to understand what is at hand and that we deserve answers to rational questions before having any more "blind faith" in a government telling us to just trust them and comply.

*SOURCE: National Negro Health News by US Public Health Service (1943-1944)

https://books.google.com/books/about/National_Negro_Health_News.html?id=ZaacYlvOuRsC