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October 30, 2024
Henrietta Lacks' descendants joined the groundbreaking at the future site of the Baltimore building.
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March 20, 2024
Despite being outnumbered in the health and wellness fields for generations, Black women have still managed to be at the…
August 11, 2023
Henrietta Lacks’ cancer cells were taken without her knowledge BALTIMORE (AP) — Just over a week after Henrietta Lacks’ descendants settled
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August 1, 2023
In their complaint, Lacks’ grandchildren and other descendants argued that her treatment illustrates a much larger issue that persists...
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June 15, 2023
Members of Congress nominated Henrietta Lacks for a posthumous Congressional Gold Medal for her contributions to modern medicine.
December 21, 2022
A statue of Henrietta Lacks is set to replace a monument of confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Roanoke, Virginia.
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October 14, 2021
Winning over anti-vaxxers like Kyrie Irving is about sharing our narratives about our trust in vaccines and the people who…
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October 4, 2021
The estate of Henrietta Lacks has teamed with attorney Ben Crump to sue Thermo Fisher Scientific, a multibillion-dollar biotechnology corp.
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July 30, 2021
The family of Henrietta Lacks has hired attorney Ben Crump to pursue justice over the longtime unauthorized use of her…
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October 9, 2018
Several decades after she unwittingly revolutionized medicine, Henrietta Lacks is being given her just deserts for her genetic contribution
May 5, 2016
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is expanding her participation in HBO's "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" to an…
August 9, 2013
OPINION - The mainstream media promotes that black people should be content with symbolism over real justice and financial compensation.…
August 7, 2013
NBC News - The National Institute of Health announced it was, at long last, making good with Henrietta Lacks' family...
February 18, 2013
OPINION - We’ve seen how people, organizations and events have shaped who we are as African-American women...
February 14, 2013
POSTSCRIPT'D - As we continue to celebrate the lives and contributions of African-Americans during Black History Month, The Immortal Life…
March 18, 2010
REVIEW - The cells of a poor black woman from Clover, Virginia, a descendant of free slaves, led to major…