“Back then they did things,” Sonny said. “Especially to black folks. John Hopkins was known for experimentin on black folks. They’d snatch em off the street…” “That’s right!” Bobbette said, appearing in the kitchen door with her coffee. “Everybody knows that.” “They just snatch em off the street,” Sonny said. “Snatchin people!” Bobbette yelled, her voice growing louder. “Experimentin on them!” Sonny yelled. “You’d be surprised how many people disappeared in East Baltimore when I was a girl,” Bobbette said, shaking her head. “I’m telling you, I lived here in the fifties when they got Henrietta,
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