Monday, October 31, 2011

Video of Memorial Ceremony of Henrietta Lacks

This video was shot at Turner Station, which is a neighborhood of Dundalk, Maryland, where Henrietta Lacks became a resident after moving from Clover, Virginia in 1942. The video shows the memorial ceremony for Henrietta Lacks held by the state of Maryland and presented by Maryland representative Senator Norman R. Stone Jr. (D). The video also features Henrietta's middle son, David "Sonny" Lacks, Henrietta's granddaughter, Jeri Lacks Whye, and her great granddaughter JaBrea Rodgers. They were all expressing the importance of Henrietta and Her cells towards science and how Henrietta is finally getting the recognition that she deserves. As JaBrea stated, HeLa cells are truly a "miracle."
Click on the link below to view the video.



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5 comments:

  1. Nicole BourniasNovember 4, 2011 at 7:44 AM

    thanks for finding this..

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  2. Aldrian MuyanoNovember 5, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    My pleasure, Dr. Bournias. I was just curious of how Turner Station looks. Because Skloot described it as not really an affluent neighborhood. So I googled it and This video showed up.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 9, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    This is very cool.

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  4. NobukoDecember 2, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    Human being is different from animals because we have mind to care about other person. Doctors who can not understand people's week-point or can not accept people who are struggling to survive unsuccessfully are not survive as doctors in the reality world because human body can not be solved by academic works or interest.

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  5. KarenDecember 8, 2011 at 4:56 PM

    It is nice to know that the book was able to bring knowledge to the family of who Henrietta was and in a very gradual process, Henrietta is being recognized in different aspects.

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