Allen M. Hornblum is an author, journalist and a former criminal justice official and political organizer based in Philadelphia, US.

[1] He has written eight non-fiction books running the gamut from organized crime and Soviet espionage to medical ethics and sports.

[2] Subsequently, Hornblum wrote Sentenced to Science, a book about the experience of an African American inmate in Holmesburg prison.

[1] Hornblum's latest book publication is American Colossus: Big Bill Tilden and the Creation of Modern Tennis (University of Nebraska Press, Spring, 2018).

[16] Hornblum has lectured on his research and books at the British Medical Association, the National Institutes of Health, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and numerous universities, including Columbia, Brown, Princeton,[17] Penn State, and St.

He illuminated that the University of Pennsylvania continued to honor Dr. Kligman with professorships and lectureships despite his use of institutionalized children and prisoners as test subjects.

They documented that former Surgeon General Thomas Parran was the actual creative spark behind the idea of a non-treatment study on impoverished African American sharecroppers with syphilis.

[20] Through the efforts of Hornblum and others, Penn finally issued an apology for the decades-long misuse of prisoners by famous dermatologist, Dr. Albert M.

[22] Shortly thereafter, he and a small coalition of committed activists pressured the City of Philadelphia to issue their own apology for allowing the imprisoned to be used as raw material for medical research.

[24] The campaign continues to educate the public about this sad chapter in Philadelphia history and currently exploring the question of reparations for the survivors of the prison experiments.

Hornblum's efforts have been recognized by many in the media, both domestic and foreign, and he has been featured in numerous electronic and print articles.

[37] In 2013, he released Against Their Will: The Secret History of Medical Experimentation on Children in Cold War America co-authored with Judith Newman and Gregory Dober.

Despite his fame and many achievements, however, he was convicted late in life on a morals charge, served time in prison, and his celebrity and lifestyle much reduced.