Episode 65: When Osama Bin Laden Wrinkled FDR's Plans: The 100 Year Fight Against Polio

This is the story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Henrietta Lacks, Jonas Salk, the March of Dimes, the Tuskegee Institute and their collective effort to eradicate polio from the earth. But the story also touches on Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, Lewis Adams, the Hampton School, Basil O'Connor, Elvis Presley, Eddie Cantor, Paul Alexander and Osama Bin Laden. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tracing-the-path-the-connected-20th-century--6817718/support.