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The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South

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The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South - Jones, Chip
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"In 1968, Bruce Tucker, a black man, went into Virginia's top research hospital with a head injury, only to have his heart taken out of his body and put into the chest of a white businessman. Now ... journalist Chip Jones exposes the horrifying inequality surrounding Tucker's death and how he was used as a human guinea pig without his family's permission or knowledge. The circumstances surrounding his death reflect the long legacy of mistreating African Americans that began more than a century before with cadaver harvesting ...

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The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South 2022, Gallery/Jeter Publishing

ISBN-13: 9781982107536

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The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South 2020, Gallery/Jeter Publishing

ISBN-13: 9781982107529

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