Hidden Black Scientists Proved the Polio Vaccine Worked
Scientific American
By Ainissa Ramirez on June 17, 2021
In the summers of the early 1950s, multitudes of American children were stuck in their home. Parents didn’t permit them to play together because, when the weather got warm, society entered a nightmare called polio. Children would eagerly begin their school breaks with a bicycle, scooter or kite and end them in crutches, braces or an iron lung.