A team of student researchers and a mental health specialist in Louisville has partnered to bring awareness to the unethical research on Black men in Lexington.
A pair of student researchers from the University of Ottawa, based in Canada, have partnered up with a licensed clinical counselor in Louisville to tackle racial disparities uncovered in research that dates back to experiments the CIA did on black men from 1947 to 1974.
“Even though it happened between 1947 and 1974 it is very much not only impacting the community trust – right the community trust level, but it’s also impacting the way that people engage in resources that they actually need,” explains Elishia Durrette Johnson, who is the founder of ‘Begin to Talk’ and is a licensed professional clinical counselor in Lexington…