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Women’s Hall of Fame Honors Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks

SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin and Nobel laureate and “Beloved” author Toni Morrison will be…
12.11.20
LIttle Known Black History Fact: Henrietta Lacks

Henrietta Lacks passed away 67 years ago, but legacy lives on within the medical community. Her “HeLa” cells are the…
10.15.18
See The Trailer For HBO’s ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’

Just go ahead and give Oprah Winfrey her Emmy now.
02.20.17
Oprah To Produce And Star In Henrietta Lacks Movie For HBO

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oprah Winfrey is expanding her participation in HBO’s “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” to an…
05.02.16
Feds, Family Reach Deal on DNA information of Black Cancer Patient, Henrietta Lacks

NEW YORK (AP) — Some 60 years ago, a doctor in Baltimore removed cancer cells from a poor black patient…
08.07.13
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