 In the days of the Great Depression, the US Government orders a medical experiment into the treatment and lack thereof of syphilis in African Americans. Told from the perspective of a small town nurse, "Miss Evers  Boys" shows the complete history of this project from its origins in the 1930s, throughout the Second World War, and into the late 40s and early 50s when the US Senate shuts down the project after deeming it immoral and illegal.