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Thatch i've taken, for instance, rebecca's suit insulted henry et that and her family because she had to sign her name with an x or that lawrence and david are greedy. she is the only one that has been enriched by henrietta. my aunt deshlgs crazy, no one would have called my aunt crazy but her. so i want to change the narrative of my family. >> all right. and take some ownership back. so, ben, even right now, you can purchase mrs. lacks' cells on thermo fisher's website for $2,000. the family is not getting any of that money. i'm curious have they responded to the lawsuit? have you seen any re...

Family of henrietta lacks is suing. her grandson ron and family attorney ben crump join me next. attorneyen b crump join me next. before we talk about tax-smart investing, what's new? -well, audrey's expecting... -twins! grandparents! we want to put money aside for them, so...change in plans. alright, let's see what we can adjust. ♪♪ we'd be closer to the twins. change in plans. okay. mom, are you painting again? you could sell these. lemme guess, change in plans? at fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. lemme guess, change in plans? ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google. ♪ ♪ ♪

Distributor of the cells reported a profit of $33 billion last year and that's not to say what merck pharmaceutical, pfizer, johnson & johnson. i mean, it's billions upon billions and that's when you think about george floyd this past year and how the corporations all made these pledges to social justice where a lot of them were pharmaceutical companies, as well. so if you want to honor that pledge, well, do right finally by henrietta lacks. do right by henrietta and with mr. ron lacks, you're the perfect person to talk about this because you've always been an outspoken advocate for black wome...

That, you know, black life was treated this way. what do you hope to gain from this lawsuit? what do you think will be gained? >> well, obviously, henrietta lacks' cells were unprecedented so we know this would be a precedenting setting lawsuit not just for simple just first, not just for social justice, but for genetic justice, joy reid. justice that will flow from generation to generation, and when you think about henrietta lacks being treated in this inhumane manner like she was a lab rat, which was common at the time when they did medical experimentation, what it was mounting to is medical...

The estate is accusing a biotechnology firm of selling cells taken from her in 1951 without her knowledge or consent.