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]
Statue of Henrietta Lacks | |
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![]() The statue in 2021 | |
Subject | Henrietta Lacks |
Location | Bristol, United Kingdom |
51°27′29″N 2°36′06″W / 51.458085°N 2.601562°W |
References
edit- ^ "For 'unrecognised black women': statue of Henrietta Lacks unveiled in Bristol". The Guardian. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Bristol statue of Henrietta Lacks installed at university". BBC News. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "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.
External links
edit- Media related to Statue of Henrietta Lacks, Bristol at Wikimedia Commons