(ThyBlackMan.com) On a hot summer’s day, Aug. 21, 1920, a woman named Henrietta Lacks was born in Roanoke, Virginia to a mother of ten children. Though blessed with the gift of life, she was not blessed with the fruits of good fortune. At the tender age of four, her mother died while giving birth to … Continue reading There’s a little Henrietta Lacks in all of us.