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  • James Lawson High School
  • Nashville, TN
  • More than a third of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Skloot’s book on Henrietta Lacks is a fascinating account of her previously hidden story. The writing expertly weaves the journey of the Lacks family’s tireless work to uncover the story of Henrietta’s cells with both scientific and African American history. The basic narrative is that Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman from Baltimore, sought care for cervical cancer in a segregated hospital, and in the process of doing so, white doctors and scientists took her cancer cells with dubious consent, believing that the patients of the “colored ward” were essentially trading being research subjects for health care. The impacts of this incident specifically, and inequalities in health care more generally, affected Henrietta’s children and grandchildren immensely. A class set of the book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, will enable all of my students to read along and discuss this important work. My students would like the opportunity to prep for their secondary education. Eventually, I'd like to provide them with a series of books that feature the scientific achievements of men and women from a variety of backgrounds.

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Skloot’s book on Henrietta Lacks is a fascinating account of her previously hidden story. The writing expertly weaves the journey of the Lacks family’s tireless work to uncover the story of Henrietta’s cells with both scientific and African American history. The basic narrative is that Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman from Baltimore, sought care for cervical cancer in a segregated hospital, and in the process of doing so, white doctors and scientists took her cancer cells with dubious consent, believing that the patients of the “colored ward” were essentially trading being research subjects for health care. The impacts of this incident specifically, and inequalities in health care more generally, affected Henrietta’s children and grandchildren immensely. A class set of the book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, will enable all of my students to read along and discuss this important work. My students would like the opportunity to prep for their secondary education. Eventually, I'd like to provide them with a series of books that feature the scientific achievements of men and women from a variety of backgrounds.

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