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Who is George Gey?
This scientist collected Henrietta's tumor cells and distributed them.
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What is the National Cancer Act?
This Bill was signed by President Nixon in 1971.
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When is 1951?
Henrietta Lacks died in this same year when the Rosenbergs was caught.
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Where is Baltimore, Maryland?
Johns Hopkins Hospital is located in this city on the East Coast.
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Who is Rebecca "Skloot"?
This author decided to tell the complete story of Henrietta and the Lacks Family.
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Who is David "Day" Lacks?
This person was Henrietta's Husband.
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What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
From 1932 to 1972 the United States Public Health Service conducted an experiment in where they injected about 400 African American Males with this disease.
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When is 1999?
Rebecca's Journey to making the book all started when she first called Deborah.
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Where is Clover, Virginia?
Henrietta grew up in this small town right off of Route 360.
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Where is South Boston?
Henrietta's Father went to this part of Massachusetts in order to sell his tobacco.
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Who is Bobbette Lacks?
This person is the wife of Lawrence Lacks and played a huge part in Deborah's Life.
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What is Informed Consent?
This modern requirement that Doctors follow did not exist when Henrietta was undergoing treatment.
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When is 2000?
Rebecca meet Zakariyyah in this year which marked the start of the 21st Century.
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Where is Bedford, Pennsylvania?
In 1966, Stanley Gartner would drop the "HeLa Bomb" at this hotel 100 miles away from Pittsburg.
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Who is Sadie Sturdivant?
This person was Henrietta's cousin, dancing buddy, and best friend.
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Who is David "Sonny" Lacks Jr?
This person the first member of the Lackses that Rebecca met.
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What is Informed Consent?
This doctor injected HeLa cells into the arms of many unknowing patients.
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When is 2009?
The Long Road to Clover.
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What is Speed's Grocery?
Rebecca first viewed the BBC documentary in this Turners Point grocery store.
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What is 16?
Deborah Lacks was this age when she got pregnant.
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Who is Alfred Carter Jr?
The son of Deborah, currently is in prison serving a 30 year sentence.
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Who is Dr. David Golde?
In 1976 , this doctor tried to make his own discovery by taking the cells John Moore.
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When is 1945?
The Picture showing Day and Henrietta came from this time during the Greatest Generation.
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What is Bromoseltzer?
As Rebecca stared out the window of the Holiday Inn she saw this word on the clock tower.
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What is Sparrows Point?
This part of Baltimore is where David Lacks and many other men went to work in factories.
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