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Faces of the Feebleminded

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.
Related Facing History Resources: 
Race and Membership in American History: The Eugenics Movement
Voices of Dissent: Opposition to the Eugenics Movement