lacks
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I think about Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman who died at the age of 31 from cervical cancer.
From Slate • Jan. 11, 2026
But for defendant’s counsel it was a miscarriage of law: “Objection. Calls for legal conclusion. Calls for expert opinion. Relevance. Lacks foundation,” she interjected, prompting a weary, “Overruled,” from the judge.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025
Some even envision the immortality of Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman whose cells were taken without consent for what became revolutionary breakthroughs in medicine, as an Afrofuturist parable.
From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2024
A Black mother of five from southern Virginia, Lacks and her family were living outside Baltimore when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 1951.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2023
When she heard about his plans for the conference and the official naming of Henrietta Lacks Day, she was ecstatic: finally, a scientist was honoring her mother.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
