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Faces of the Feebleminded

Submitted by jenniferg on April 8, 2008 - 1:10pm.
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January 8, 2008
"Faces of the Feebleminded" an excerpt from the documentary Forgotten Ellis Island, explains how psychologist Henry Goddard used facial characteristics and testing to classify inherited intelligence during the eugenics movement.
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