Descendants of men from horrifying Tuskegee study want to calm virus vaccine fears
Descendants of men from horrifying Tuskegee study want to calm virus vaccine fears David Montgomery © Alycee Byrd/For The Washington Post Lillie Tyson Head, whose father, Freddie Lee Tyson, was in the Tuskegee syphilis study. She is president of the Voices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation. Eighty-four-year-old Florine Edwards was thrilled to receive her coronavirus vaccination in Memphis in March. “When I hear people say, ‘Well, I’m not sure,’ I say, ‘You be sure, because this is important,’ ” she explains. The same goes for Lillie Tyson Head, 76, who recei...