Research At The National Archives And Beyond!

Shawn Utsey is the Interim Chair of African American Studies and Professor of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his PhD(1997) from Fordham University.  The film - Until the Well Runs Dry: Medicine and the Exploitation of Black Bodies was released in 2011.  This film sparked renewed interest in honoring the remains of 44 people (most were African American Descent) whose bodies have been used in medical research. The remains were found in a well on the VCU Medical Campus during an excavation project more than 20 years ago.