THE ORGAN THIEVES: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South
In 1968, Bruce Tucker, a Black man, went into Virginia's top research hospital with a fatal head injury, only to have his heart taken out of his body and put into the chest of a white businessman. 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. Photos.
Format: Paperbound
Pages: 390
Publisher: Gallery
ISBN: 9781982107536
Item #: 6997252