Henrietta Lacks’ image at the Science Museum in London, May 25. A life-size bronze statue of Lacks, the woman whose cancer cells were taken and used without consent for research that ushered medical discoveries and treatments, will be erected in her hometown, Roanoke, Va., in a plaza previously named after the Confederate General Robert E. Lee.— New York Times Photo/Lauren Fleishman


A monument to Lacks will replace a Robert E. Lee Monument in Roanoke.

Here’s the New York Times article about the announcement.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *