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 Born in Roanoke,Va  August 1, 1920  Loretta Pleasant  No one knows where Henrietta came from.

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2  Born in Roanoke,Va  August 1, 1920  Loretta Pleasant  No one knows where Henrietta came from

3  Henrietta’s mother died giving birth to her 10 th child.  10 children divided up between relatives.  Clover, VA

4  How did David Lacks end up with Henrietta’s grandfather?  Shared a room since they were 4

5  14  1 st Child (Lawrence)  Lucile Elsie Pleasant (4 years later)

6  Married April 10, 1941  Henrietta 20  David 25  Cheater?

7  5 children  Lawrence  Lucile Elsie  David Jr.  Deborah  Joseph

8  Hospital January 29, 1951  “I got a knot on my womb. The doctor need to have a look.

9  Cancer?  Age 30

10  George Gey

11  HEnrietta  LAcks

12  What is it?  How did he make it?

13  Non cancerous cells  Cancerous cells  doubled

14  Radium  Radiation

15  Treatment made unfertile  Scared of hysterectomy

16  What is mitosis?

17  Johnas Stalk

18  Tumors everywhere  Pain Level?  Restraints

19  October 4, 1951  12:15am

20  Major storm!


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