Turner Station is the last home of Henrietta Lacks — a Black woman from Baltimore County whose famous ‘HeLa’ cells were taken without her consent at Johns Hopkins in 1951 and used in ...

The Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group, aimed at preserving the history of Lacks and her contributions to medicine, is the June 2025 winner of the Chick-fil-A Everyday Heroes award.

Lawrence Lacks Sr., a son of Henrietta Lacks who lived ... liver disease Saturday at the Baltimore VA Medical Center.The Northwest Baltimore resident was 88.“We all grew up in Turner Station ...

A poor tobacco farmer from southern Virginia, Lacks got married and moved with her husband to Turner Station, a historically Black community outside Baltimore.

Turner Station is a place that shaped leaders like U.S. Rep Kweisi Mfume, D-District 7, Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough, NFL player Calvin Hill and Henrietta Lacks, whose cancer ...

“Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman from Turner Station, could never have imagined that her cells taken without her knowledge in 1951 would revolutionize modern medicine,” said Jones. “This ...

The Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group said in a press release, "The Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group (HLLG) is dedicated to extending ...

Lawrence Lacks grew up in Turner Station. He spent the last 63 years of his life fighting for the recognition, justice and ownership of his mother's HeLa cell line.

The Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute is now accepting applications for the prestigious Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award. Created to honor the memory of Henrietta Lacks, a former resident of Turner ...

The Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group said in a press release, “The Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group (HLLG) is dedicated to extending the legacy of Mrs. Lacks and that of historic Turner Station where ...

Servant Courtney Speed puts the “speed” in her name. Speed on Saturday led a group of people through the Turner Station neighborhood in Baltimore County as attendees tried to keep up with the ...