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

Chip Jones

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A Virginia Living Favorite book (2021)

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, in The Organ Thieves, Pulitzer Prize-nominated 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 and worse. It culminated in efforts to win the heart transplant race in the late 1960s.

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ISBN10:: 1982107529

ISBN13:: 9781982107529

kindle Asin:: B07Z44SJFZ

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

Chip Jones

3.76/5 (1319 ratings)

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A Virginia Living Favorite book (2021)

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, in The Organ Thieves, Pulitzer Prize-nominated 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 and worse. It culminated in efforts to win the heart transplant race in the late 1960s.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:

Edition:: Illustrated

Language:

ISBN10:: 1982107529

ISBN13:: 9781982107529

kindle Asin:: B07Z44SJFZ

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