zhiviDec 29, 2022
Do you know who Henrietta Lacks is? Statue of Henrietta Lacks will replace Robert E Lee. Read the article.
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Statue of Henrietta Lacks will replace Robert E Lee - BBC News

She will be honoured decades after cells taken without her consent helped revolutionise medicine.

BBC News
Show threadblan©k.Dec 29, 2022
@zhivi @BlackMastodon YES!!!
Show threadzhiviDec 29, 2022
@BlackMastodon @sonyablanck she deserves this honor
Show threadJeremy (יעקב) 🇺🇦

@zhivi @BlackMastodon @sonyablanck

That she is replacing the statue that White Nationalists from around the country gathered, and killed to try to force on the local government, is just too perfect.

She is responsible for 2 Nobel prizes so far and will have more to come. Finally starting proper recognition.

Dec 29, 2022 at 8:52amWeb
Show threadzhiviDec 29, 2022
@BlackMastodon @sonyablanck @imstilljeremy thank you. Finally.