26 min
14. Chip Jones on the Tragic Case of a Black Man’s Stolen Heart GO Between the Covers
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Award-winning journalist and Pulitzer Prize nominee Chip Jones joins us to discuss his book, The Organ Thieves: the Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South. With nearly thirty years of reporting experience, Jones has worked at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Roanoke Times, Virginia Business magazine, and many more. He was also the former communications director of the Richmond Academy of Medicine, where he first discovered this heart-stopping story.
Our host Ann Bocock sits down with Chip Jones to talk about the horrifying case of Bruce Tucker, a black man whose heart was removed without his family’s knowledge or permission. Jones breaks down the racial inequalities during the 1960s and how that sheds light on the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Jones also describes the state of America at that time, when we were not only racing to the moon but racing to perform the first successful heart transplant. He dives into the competition among doctors and how their opportunistic attitudes led to many unethical practices. Get all the details on this week’s episode of GO Between the Covers!
Connect with Chip Jones:
Website: https://www.chipjonesbooks.com
Facebook: @chipjonesofficial
And connect with us!
https://www.southfloridapbs.org/gobtc/
Facebook: @BetweenTheCoversSouthFloridaPBS
Twitter: @WPBT2, @WXELTV
Award-winning journalist and Pulitzer Prize nominee Chip Jones joins us to discuss his book, The Organ Thieves: the Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South. With nearly thirty years of reporting experience, Jones has worked at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Roanoke Times, Virginia Business magazine, and many more. He was also the former communications director of the Richmond Academy of Medicine, where he first discovered this heart-stopping story.
Our host Ann Bocock sits down with Chip Jones to talk about the horrifying case of Bruce Tucker, a black man whose heart was removed without his family’s knowledge or permission. Jones breaks down the racial inequalities during the 1960s and how that sheds light on the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Jones also describes the state of America at that time, when we were not only racing to the moon but racing to perform the first successful heart transplant. He dives into the competition among doctors and how their opportunistic attitudes led to many unethical practices. Get all the details on this week’s episode of GO Between the Covers!
Connect with Chip Jones:
Website: https://www.chipjonesbooks.com
Facebook: @chipjonesofficial
And connect with us!
https://www.southfloridapbs.org/gobtc/
Facebook: @BetweenTheCoversSouthFloridaPBS
Twitter: @WPBT2, @WXELTV
26 min