I’m back with a new episode of The Untold Stories of the Civil Rights Movement, where I look at some of the most important civil rights cases. I quickly unpack their stories and why I believe they are significant. This series is an adaption to an ad hoc seminar I created while a student at Duke University School of Law.
I am interrupting my normally scheduled series to bring a special episode that focuses on the history of Eugenics, forced sterilization and civil rights. I had to respond to the recent Whistleblower complaint lodged by Dawn Wooten, a nurse who worked in ICE detention centers. She has alleged that a doctor sterilized the women in the detention centers without their consent and/or knowledge.
Sadly, forced sterilizations is nothing new. In this episode I briefly look at the history of eugenics, its role in the forced sterilization of people, the Supreme court case that allowed for forced sterilization (Buck v. Bell (1927)) and the black sisters who won a case to curtail forced sterilizations (Relf v. Weinberger (1973)).
Resources:
Eugenics-
Eugenics Records Office: https://library.cshl.edu/special-collections/eugenics
https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/buck-v-bell-1927
http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/html/eugenics/static/themes/39.html
Relf Sister-
https://www.splcenter.org/seeking-justice/case-docket/relf-v-weinberger
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