Black Enterprise

Henrietta Lacks Honored With A Mural, Completed By Baltimore Community

Shawn Berkins and the Baltimore community honored the driving force behind modern scientific research during a Henrietta Lacks Paint Day. Artist Shawn Berkins and Baltimore residents honor Henrietta ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture Celebrates Impact of Science and Research on Community Health

Since 2010, the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research has hosted the Henrietta Lacks Memorial ...
The Baltimore Sun

Groundbreaking for building honoring Henrietta Lacks | PHOTOS

Oct 28, 2024: The relatives of Henrietta Lacks - from left, JaBrea Rodgers, Pam Wilks, Alan Wilks, Veronica Robinson, Jeri Lacks-Whye, Shirley Lacks and David Lacks - pose during the groundbreaking ...
The Grio

Johns Hopkins breaks ground on building honoring Henrietta Lacks

During her brief lifetime, Henrietta Lacks inadvertently changed the face of medicine. Now, the woman whose harvested cells continue to inform and advance medical research will also change the face of ...
WSLS 10

Henrietta Lacks: Mother of Modern Medicine

Henrietta Lacks, often called the ‘Mother of Modern Medicine,’ has left a legacy that transcends generations and continues to save millions of lives. She was born in Roanoke on Aug. 1, 1920, to Eliza ...
Afro

Morgan State University unveils new Henrietta Lacks statue for National Blacks in Wax Museum

Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose immortal cells have circled the globe, contributing to medical breakthroughs, research and vaccines, was honored at Morgan State University (MSU) with a wax figure on ...
Rolling Out

TACTS honors Henrietta Lacks legacy in Chicago

TACTS Hosts Annual Health & Wellness Networking Social (Photo credit: Eddy "Precise" Lamarre) On May 31, 2025, TACTS (The Association of Clinical Trial Services) hosted its Annual Health & Wellness ...
WBAL-TV

Henrietta Lacks' legacy honored with building named in her honor at Johns Hopkins

Johns Hopkins honored Henrietta Lacks' legacy by naming a building in her honor on Monday.Lacks' cells, known as HeLa cells, were taken without her knowledge in 1951 by researchers at Johns Hopkins ...
Black Enterprise

Henrietta Lacks’ Legacy Honored With Wax Figure At Morgan State University

Henrietta Lacks' cells are responsible for boundless biotechnological advancements in the medical world. Morgan State University and the National Great Blacks In Wax Museum are partnering to honor the ...
NBC Washington

New Loudoun County school named in honor of Henrietta Lacks

Loudoun County Public Schools named a primary school after Henrietta Lacks, an African American woman who's had a lasting medical impact on the world. The district gathered to honor Lacks in a ...
Rolling Out

Alfred Lacks Carter honors grandmother’s medical legacy

More than seven decades after Henrietta Lacks’ cells were taken without her consent and used to create groundbreaking medical advances, her grandson Alfred Lacks Carter is working to transform her ...