Henrietta Lacks’ hometown will build statue of her where Robert E. Lee sculpture once stood
(ROANOKE, Va.) -- A bronze statue honoring Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose "immortal" cells have resulted in countless medical breakthroughs, will be built in her birthplace of Roanoke, Virginia.Artist Bryce Cobbs unveiled a life-sized preliminary drawing of Lacks in a ceremony announcing the statue... Read More.