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The Roanoke Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference will recognize several individuals for their community contributions during its Jan. 13 luncheon honoring the memory of the Rev. Martin Luther
People in the Star City are honoring the 'Mother of Modern Medicine', Henrietta Lacks.
A bronze likeness of Henrietta Lacks, who was born in Roanoke and died in a Baltimore hospital 31 years later in a way that some say made her the mother of modern medicine, was unveiled at a ceremony Wednesday in Roanoke.
The Roanoke native is considered the "mother of modern medicine" because cells harvested from her body after her death in 1951 are been essential to major medical breakthroughs.
Maryland U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md) reintroduced a bill on Wednesday to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Henrietta Lacks.