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KamaAina

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Mon Sep 22, 2014, 02:54 PM Sep 2014

Radiation experiments left black children with holes in their heads (WARNING: Graphic pic)

http://themedicalblog.net/2014/09/21/radiation-experiments-left-black-children-with-holes-in-their-heads/

There are many untold stories about the atrocities of Jim Crow and it’s effects on the black community. One of those stories is this one. A filmmaker decided to venture into the past of his friend, whom he says one day began “sobbing uncontrollably.” The clip appears to be a trailer for a film called “Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed.”...

You’ve got to see this video and share the story with those who are unaware of their history. African Americans have gone through a kind of strain in America that many say is readily deserving of reparations. One artifact of racism is that these horrors are barely acknowledged by either the American government or the American public....

Greg Reese at Antelope Valley News tells more about this horrible story and there’s a video below:...

Still more episodes of radiation bombardment were conducted throughout the 1960s at what is now the University of Cincinnati on some 90 working-class citizens, of which two-thirds were Black. During the Clinton Administration these and other Cold War experiment programs were reviewed to determine restitution suitability and the need for formal apologies.





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Radiation experiments left black children with holes in their heads (WARNING: Graphic pic) (Original Post) KamaAina Sep 2014 OP
Vertus Hardiman is an incredibly forgiving soul. nt Mnemosyne Sep 2014 #1
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