FROM THE ARCHIVES: Henrietta’s Legacy
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Henrietta’s Legacy
Sep 20, 2016
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She Never Knew She Saved the World (1951) In 1951, in a segregated hospital in Baltimore, a 31-year-old Black woman walked in with a terrible pain she could no longer ignore. Her name was Henrietta Lacks. She was a tobacco farmer from Virginia, a mother of five, a woman full of laughter and strength. To the world, she was ordinary. To science… she was about to become immortal. Henrietta had an aggressive form of cervical cancer, the kind that spread like wildfire. Doctors took a sample of her tu
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It’s great to see Morgan State University and the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum honor Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose immortal cells changed the world — without her consent. Her legacy is a reminder of both injustice and resilience. We must honor her this Women's History Month and beyond! 🎥: Kenneth Lam, @baltimoresun | Ben Crump
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Science took her cells. Family reclaimed her story. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne, debuts April 22. | HBO
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Henrietta Lacks, the subject of a new movie starring Oprah, lived in Turner Station. Here’s a look at her incredible story, in a 2008 package from our archives: http://spr.ly/6189B7sOf | WBFF FOX 45
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Born into slavery in Kentucky, Henrietta Wood was freed as an adult and worked as a domestic worker. In 1853, her employers conspired to trick her into crossing the Kentucky side of the Ohio River, where she was recaptured and taken to work in the harrowing conditions of the Mississippi cotton fields. At the end of the Civil War, Wood was freed for the second time, where she sued her kidnapper for $20,000. Although she only received $2,500 (more than $60,000 today) it allowed her son, Arthur H.
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