Statue of Henrietta Lacks

Statue of Henrietta Lacks
The statue in 2021
SubjectHenrietta Lacks
Location
  • Bristol, United Kingdom
  • 51°27′29″N 2°36′06″W / 51.458085°N 2.601562°W / 51.458085; -2.601562

A statue of Henrietta Lacks was unveiled in Bristol in October 2021. According to The Guardian, the sculpture is "the first statue of a black woman created by a black woman for a public space" in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "For 'unrecognised black women': statue of Henrietta Lacks unveiled in Bristol". The Guardian. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bristol statue of Henrietta Lacks installed at university". BBC News. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "First public sculpture of black woman created by black woman to be unveiled in UK". The Independent. 10 March 2021. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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