Daily Herald report
Apr 10, 2019 5:09 PM -
Noted science writer, editor and ethicist Harriet Washington will present "Building Equity in Health Care" during an appearance at 2 p.m. Friday, April 26, at Oakton Community College's Des Plaines campus, 1600 E. Golf Road, in Rooms 1604-1606. Washington is the award-winning author of "Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present." The 2007 book that chronicles the history of medical experimentation on African Americans received numerous honors, including a National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN Oakland Award and the American Library Association Black Caucus Nonfiction Award.
