Building a History: Mind Control Research in Kentucky

Building a History: Mind Control Research in Kentucky

What does justice look like when we reflect on the harms caused to Black men and their communities through unethical research funded by the CIA's infamous MK Ultra Project?

The CIA Performed Mind-Control Experiments on People, These Are Their Stories

The MKULTRA experiment is a part of the CIA's history that makes you wonder just exactly what else was going on behind closed doors. MKULTRA was the CIA's attempt at mind-control over large segments of a population. They tested the effects of narcotics (specifically LSD) on volunteers, inmates, and randomly selected targets who had no idea what was going on, mostly with disastrous results. LSD comes with a variety of physical and psychological e…