false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173935732m/347445.jpg 347445 2 A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist tells the amazing story of how a group of imprisoned boys won their freedom, found justice, and survived one of the darkest and least-known episodes of American history.<P>In the early twentieth century, United States health officials used IQ tests to single out "feebleminded" children and force them into institutions where they were denied education, sterilized, drugged, and abused. Under programs that ran into the 1970s, more than 250,000 children were separated from their families, although many of them were merely unwanted orphans, truants, or delinquents.<P><I>The State Boys Rebellion</I> conveys the shocking truth about America's eugenic era through the experiences of a group of boys held at the Fernald State School in Massachusetts starting in the late 1940s. In the tradition of <I>Erin Brockovich,</I> it recounts the boys' dramatic struggle to demand their rights and secure their freedom. It also covers their horrifying discovery many years later that they had been fed radioactive oatmeal in Cold War experiments -- and the subsequent legal battle that ultimately won them a multimillion-dollar settlement.<P>Meticulously researched through school archives, previously sealed papers, and interviews with the surviving State Boys, this deft exposé is a powerful reminder of the terrifying consequences of unchecked power as well as an inspiring testament to the strength of the human spirit. 337736 2004 The State Boys Rebellion total:80|5:25|4:33|3:18|2:4|1:0| 80 319 138 18 1280143 0743245121 9780743245128 13 4 3.99 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182462519m/1280143.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1280143.The_State_Boys_Rebellion 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:27:10 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:27:10 -0800 2009 DreamWorks Pictures recently purchased the film rights to State Boys Rebellion, the retelling of one of America's most shameful episodes in history. Fernald was no anomaly. Similar institutions, fostering more than 250,000 mostly normal (if unprivileged) children, survived through the 1970s. Pulitze...

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