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In July 1972,  The Washington Star, by and thru reporter Jean Heller,  broke the story regarding the Tuskeegee Institute  ( now Tuskegee University) Syphilis Study  on black American males from Macon County, Alabama. The study, which  was ultimately deemed to be  an egregious case of medical misconduct, was conducted from 1932-1972  by the United States Public Health Service (PHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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note: Pollard vs The United States was a class action suit filed by Attorney  Fred Gray on behalf of 579 study participants. Forty four other participants could not be found, so were not included in the class action suit, which was settled for $10 million  (i.e. the equivalent of $80 million in 2026).

​​Here's how the settlement was distributed: 

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