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.

“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.

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 ...

Lacks, a Black mother in Baltimore, died from cervical cancer in 1951. Her tumor cells, taken without her knowledge, became the first successful "immortal" cell line, and used for medical research.

The Lacks family moved to Maryland from Clover, Va., when Lawrence was just a young boy. They lived in Turner Station, one of the oldest Black communities in the Baltimore County area.

Lawrence Lacks Sr., the last-surviving child of Henrietta Lacks, a hospitalized Black woman whose cancer cells were taken by a doctor without her knowledge and consent in 1951 and were later used ...

The Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group, which got a marker placed on Mrs. Lacks’ former Turner Station residence, is in the process of remodeling a building that will be named for her, Mrs. Speed said.

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

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

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

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