Very insightful

Wow thanks again for the post. These topics are now my favorite ones. F the gossip Im all for the historical black facts. yay CL you did it agian.

I think its great what your doing. Your blog is not only about fashion and celebrities but you’ve also found a way to enlighten us a little about our cultures history. I have learned of black people and big events that occured in the United States that I’ve never heard of before. People that should be in our schools history books but are not.

-Thank you.

I’m enthralled by your black history post again. I want to be mad at everyone else, but maybe I should be upset with myself because its really sad that I had not had preexisting knowledge of most of the people you write about. Anyway, good job dude.

@ 59 yea i learned about the Syphillis study in my psych classes during underground you will be amazed @ how many studies have been done on black youth, either its wrongfully done or they surely do not recieve any credit…real shame!

I I iI use those ‘Hela’ cells often in my research… They are use to grow MANY viruses. Next to VERO cells.. Hela are most famous.

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This piece of history is more important than any piece of gossip I have read on this site. Talk about an incredible story.

A legacy indeed.

Wow… This is truly amazing.
An “Each One, Teach One” moment.
Thank You CL.

Now why wasn’t this in my Biology or Anatomy and Phisiology books? Thanks for the awsome posting!

Keep it up, CL! These black history high lights are appreciated and enjoyed.

Reading with my mouth hung open! God only knows what other African Americans somewhere without even a tombstone have done for the America and the world. And for this to not be in ANY bio books yet? wow

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!—so Amazing–its good to know about these remarkable people, and there contributions–especially the uncommon ones!

Thank You ConcreteLooppppppppppppppie

WHAT!?!??!? I am shocked and speechless. I’ve never heard of the HeLa cell. I can’t believe the family has not seen one penny of the money that had been from the cell of those cell.

Why does this women’s grave not have a head stone??? That’s crazy after everything that has been accomplished because of her. She deserves a head stone!!! A really big one. And we need to start renaming some street after her. This makes me so mad.

that was very interesting to read. i didnt know this.

Thank you so much for sharing.. This information was powerful and I appreciate you educating our people on the significant contributions our elders have made.

I am going to forward this to my teenage daughter… Thank you again

Some or all of the pharmaceutical companies, owes this family some serious dough! Look how many patent rights were created due to the research off her cells that turned into profit,but look at how they did Dr.Charles Drew the man who DISCOVERED blood plasma,only to die because he was black,they want to whitewash their shame by saying they treated him at the white hospital,but my family is four generations deep in D.C. from Georgetown to N.W. Washington,and we know that he died because he was black,not because of a car wreck!

I’m m using IE on Windows XP. Not sure of the resolution. I’ve had the problem for a while too.

GOf what i can see of the post, this is an excellent post and i never knew that either. i work for a clinical laboratory/pathology association and this is the type of information we, especially in health care, should all be aware of. CL - wonderful post.

Holy crap…not only is this informational, but also scarey! Can you imagine what might have happened if her cultures got into the hands of the wrong people?

This is a very intersting story. I live in Baltimore and it’s been long known here by older blacks that Hopkins has become famous based upon the poor blacks that encircle the medical institution. This story by no means is a shock to me, However, it is sad that the medical community has not put a face about Mrs Lacks.

Currently I am taking a microbiology class and I will bring this interesting story to the professors attention because all that you hear about is the men that developed the vaccine which was indeed in the early 50’s.

I do think that they need to be compensated, if not this story should be told on a national level. This woman who had 5 children has saved so many children through polio.

Because of the motility of her cells she is able to create so much, ie food, medicine, enviromental, and industrial. I am proud to know that Mrs Lacks has contributed.

Also she was a resident of Turner Station here an affluent black community during that era.

Link: http://www.jhu.edu/~jhumag/0400web/01.html

thanks for this information, her contribution was/is huge!

I LOVE this feature, please keep it coming.

What a great write up for a little known Black figure in history. Thanks for posting this!

I love hearing about new things everyday. Especially when it has to do with our culture. Its not enough people that care. I feel what CL is doing, straight up!!!!!

Thank you for providing black history that many of us (adults and children) weren’t and still aren’t exposed to. By telling this story, her death and family’s struggle is not in vain. Hopefully her HeLa cells will be the blueprint for a cure for all cancers and viruses. And to think- people assume we only have a month’s worth of black history…

Rest In Peace Henrietta Lacks

That was a really interesting piece. It is sad to think though that a woman who contributed so much to the world of science is resting in a grave without a tombstone. You would think that some of these colleges, researchers and scientists could pool some money together to buy the woman a proper headstone, maybe even some type of monument.

****** J. Dakar will you marry me…your brain turns me on!!! I need a man that can stimulate me intellectually!!! call me!!!!

all i can say is WOW! I am truly amazed. thanks CL!

Goodness, I never knew this. Thanks Concrete, you always stay ten steps ahead of the rest. And I totally agree with poster #77.

M This is a great story and a testaemate to the Lives that Mrs.Lacks has saved. i hope there is a way for her family to be compensated from the legacy that their mother has made to science and medicine. Believe me nothing can ever replace a mother’s love, but acknowlegement finacially would definietly benefit Mrs.Lacks family and continue the legacy that she has influenced. Someone should name a medical scholarship after her or something at least.

Now THIS is the type of thing that BET needs to share with it’s viewers! Why not “lace” a snippet of history between each video over and over so maybe our young would memorize something substantial and of worth more so than the words to some of these songs that don’t do a damn thing to raise their awareness of who they are and where they came from in this world!

Just a thought.

“Scurv”

You learn something new everyday. That was fascinating. We get screwed when it comes to the history books. What a shame……

This is why CL is one of my favorite blogs.

I’m a medical student, and like #40, I wondered why HeLa cells were so named. I’m in awe of this story. And I’m equally in awe that I finally learned of it on the Loop–not in class, but at CL. I’m definitely passing this on. Mr. Dakar, please keep info like this coming. Hats off to you guys!

GREAT POST, VERY INFORMATIVE. I GOT CHILLS WHEN I READ THIS STORY, IT REMINDS ME OF THE TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENT. I BELIEVE THAT LACKS FAMILY, SHOULD RECEIVE SOME COMPENSATION FOR THE CELL RESEARCH. IT WAS VERY DISRESPECTFUL FOR THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY, NOT INFORM THE FAMILY OF THIS MATTER, I MUST REMEMBER THAT THIS WAS BACK IN THE JIM CROW DAYS, HOW SAD.

AS I WAS SAYING: WONDER IF DEATH WAS “HELPED” ALONG! TUSKEEGEE”PROJECT” . VIRGINIA/VAGINA “PROJECT”! WOULDN’T PUT IT PASSED THEM!

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Exactly. If I be a betting man, the “treatment” that she received revolved around hastening her death to test the effects of the cancer cells. There is no need to mention her in their history because to them, she was just another test dummy. You can get a book called “Medical Apartheid” that expounds on that.

that was excellent!! Thank you CL for proving that blacks are interested in learning things that enlighten one’s mind.

Thanks for the information!! Knowledge is power!! Thanks CL for keeping us in tune!! I just love this site!!

This is very interesting. I’m actually from Roanoke, Va and I never heard about this. Thanks CL

Wow, that was amazing! It’s kind of scary also. I never thought about cells to last for years like that. Her family definitely deserves some type of reparations, especially since her husband said no to the cell sample.

Good job, CL! I’m almost not mad about the B. Scottgate because of this.

STOP THE HATE IN ‘08!!!!!!!!!

Thank you concrete loop! Having articles like this really make this site stand out far and above those other blogs(…bossip) making concrete loop in a league of its own.

Wow! I am 38 years old with a Master’s degree and had never heard of this story. This history was never tought in any of my history or science classes through almost 20 years of education. THANKS CL; YOU ARE A GREAT ASSET TO OUR LIVES!!!

OK Ok People there are more important things than money. The cells from this womans body has saved countless lives.

The honor is that her name should at least live in the history books. They should at least acknowledge her for who she was… This is my opinion.

Her fam should still get that lawyer though….

That was very interesting. Great feature.

Awesome post! They have done inumberable things by growing, testing, and SELLING her cells. It seems like they have saved lives and ended lives (started wars) from the knowledge they have gained. She should at least get a tombstone. Also, the husband, did not agree to release the cells. They took them anyhow. That is grounds for a lawsuit. If someone could take something without any penalty, why would they ask?

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even though this may be all late and i cant read all of whats typed to the left in these comments this is really something. Henrietta is my great-great-aunt and this makes me so happy to see she gets the recognition she deserves, this site is my new favorite.

I only need this site for my homework still younger than most of you old people JOKING!!!