Mastodawn

A thread to tie up February #BackHistoryMonth

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Defend Public Health Feb 22

Henrietta Lacks was a Black woman whose (ovarian) cancer cells were used wo her/her family’s consent. Her cells are what would become the HeLa cell, the first immortalized human cell line & one of the most important in medical research. #BackHistoryMonth

Stephan Glienke Feb 2, 2025

2.2.1897 Alfred Cralle, black Inventor and businessman, patents first ice cream scoop. C. was part of post-war wave of Black patentees after Black Americans had been granted full rights as citizens in 1868, required to obtain a patent.

#OTD #BackHistoryMonth @blackvoices #BlackHistoryMonth2025 #History #technicalhistory #inventions