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Black communities finding influence from historical figure over COVID vaccine
Henrietta Lacks' grandson Alfred Lacks Carter
and great-granddaughter Veronica Robinson
on Henrietta Lacks' legacy, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, and how our family is uniting to empower our community to beat COVID-19.
WSET | Kaicey Baylor | JUNE 7, 2021
The Gazette-Virginian | JUNE 6, 2021
WDBJ | PAT THOMAS | May 7, 2021
Baltimore Business Journal | Ethan McLeod | May 4, 2021
Carleton UNIVERSITY | Dan Rubinstein | April 30, 2021
NUMISMATIC NEWS | PATRICK A. HELLER | MARCH 25, 2021
FINGER LAKES TIMES | ELEANOR SLY | MARCH 22, 2021
independent | Eleanor Sly | March 18, 2021
gazette virginian | MIRANDA BAINES | March 18, 2021
The TIMES | Will Humphries | March 10, 2021
epigram | Eve Bentley-Hussey | March 10, 2021
University of Bristol | March 8, 2021
milwaukee courier | Jeri Lacks | FEBRUARY 27, 2021
onclive | Hayley Virgil | FEBRUARY 26, 2021
YAHOO news | FEBRUARY 13, 2021
NY ABC 7 | Kemberly Richardson | FEBRUARY 12, 2021
MARYLAND MATTERS | DANIELLE GAINES | JANUARY 6, 2021
SENATOR VAN HOLLEN | JANUARY 5, 2021
BALTIMORE SUN | MCKENNA OXENDEN | JANUARY 5, 2021
Charlotte Post | Herbert White | January 3, 2021
TIME | DEZIMEY KUM | DECEMBER 28, 2020
WGN TV | Katharin Czink, Lourdes Duarte | DECEmber 23, 2020
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES | Associated PresS | December 20, 2020
fox baltimore | Lauren Moses | DECEMBER 19, 2020
ABC BALTIMORE | Kelly Broderick | December 18, 2020
Senator Van Hollen | December 18, 2020
Cancer CANdor | ALFRED Lacks Carter | DECEMBER 10, 2020
WASHINGTON POST | Susan SvrlugA | DECEMBER 9, 2020
chicago sun times | AP | DECEMBER 9, 2020
ACS Cancer Action Network | DECEMBER 9, 2020
Congressman Kweisi Mfume | DECEMBER 8, 2020
MS. MAGAZine | KATHERINE BUARON | december 7, 2020
PATCH | Vivienne Stearns-Elliott | November 18, 2020
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION | November 15, 2020
WHECTV | November 12, 2020
BBC FUTURE | Zaria Gorvett | November 4, 2020
IMPACT | Sarvenaz Hosseini | October 31, 2020
Yahoo News | Rebecca Corey | October 30, 2020
University of Bristol | October 30, 2020
Washington Post | Michelle Singletary | October 27, 2020
NATURE | Alexandra Witze | September 1, 2020
the guardian | DR. Neil Singh | AUGUST 13, 2020
chicago defender | SHERA STRANGE | AUGUST 11, 2020
FORBES | DANA BROWNLEE | AUGUST 11, 2020
JAMA | DR. FRANCIS COLLINS | AUGUST 11, 2020
Quartz | Olivia Goldhill | AUGUST 7, 2020
ESSENCE | JASMINE GRANT | AUGUST 6, 2020
NIH DIRECTORS BLOG | Dr. Francis Collins | AUGust 5, 2020
New scientist | Maninder Ahluwalia | august 1, 2020
scientific american | 500 Women Scientists Leadership | June 6, 2020
nature | Nidhi subbaraman | JUNE 8, 2020
Salon | MELANIE MCFARLAND | JUNE 17, 2020
Shape.com | Bianca Lambert | June 18, 2020
Health.com | Korin Miller | June 24, 2020
CHICAGO TRIBUNE |SHAE OMONIJO AND ASYA AKCA |JUNE 24, 2020
SCIENCE NEWS | BETHANY BROOKSHIRE |JULY 7, 2020
CELL |The Cell Editorial Team | june 8, 2020
Video
Why Are 1/3 of Black Americans Suddenly Anti-Vaxxers?
The Amber Ruffin Show takes on COVID-19 vaccine hesitency. “Why are one third of Black Americans suddenly anti-vaxxers? How did we get here?” Amber answers that question with her signature style in a segment called, “How Did We Get Here?”
A closer look at minority communities’ hesitancy with the COVID-19 vaccine
Henrietta Lacks' great-granddaughter Veronica Robinson
discusses historical injustices that led to medical mistrust
and her family's work to empower black and brown communities
to get educated on the COVID-19 vaccine to make informed decisions with Chicago's WGN Medical Watch.
HENRIETTA LACKS: THE WOMAN WITH THE IMMORTAL CELLS
Featured on the award-winning series, Black History In Two Minutes, concise historical episodes on the African-American experience. Narrated by renowned historian, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and executive produced by Robert F. Smith.
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