Por: CBS News Nation December 23, 2022
A bronze statue of Henrietta Lacks, whose immortal cells were taken without her permission and then used in several medical breakthroughs, will be erected in her honor in her hometown of Roanoke, Virginia, taking the place of a monument to Confederate general Robert E. Lee. The statue, which was designed by artist Bryce Cobbs, will stand in Roanoke's Henrietta Lacks Plaza — formerly Lee Plaza.Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump said at... + full article
New York Daily News USA Nation December 22, 2022
A statue of Henrietta Lacks will stand where a monument to Robert E. Lee once stood in Roanoke, Va., city leaders announced Monday. Roanoke officials said in July 2020 that they were planning to replace the Lee monument when a man took matters into his own hands and knocked it... + más
Henrietta Lacks' hometown will build statue of her where Robert E. Lee sculpture once stood | ABC News
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ABC News USA Nation December 20, 2022
A bronze statue honoring Henrietta Lacks, the woman whose immortal cells have resulted in countless medical breakthroughs, will be built in her birthplace of Roanoke, Virginia.Artist Bryce Cobbs unveiled a life-sized preliminary drawing of Lacks in a ceremony announcing the... + más
Henrietta Lacks statue to replace Robert E. Lee monument in Virginia city | New York Daily News
WPTV USA Nation December 13, 2022
RICHMOND, Va. — John Hill, a descendant of Confederate Gen. A.P. Hill, said he drove overnight from Ohio to Virginia to witness the removal of the last standing Confederate monument in Richmond.Hill watched as crews took down the 130-year-old statue at the intersection of... + más
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WPLG Local 10 USA Nation December 12, 2022
RICHMOND – Work to relocate Richmond’s final city-owned Confederate monument should start this week after a judge refused a request to delay the removal of the statue of Gen. A.P. Hill from its prominent spot in Virginia's capital, an official said.Richmond Circuit... + más
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ABC News USA Nation December 12, 2022
RICHMOND, Va, -- Work to relocate Richmond’s final city-owned Confederate monument should start this week after a judge refused a request to delay the removal of the statue of Gen. A.P. Hill from its prominent spot in Virginia's capital, an official said.Richmond Circuit... + más
Time USA Nation December 12, 2022
RICHMOND, Va. — Work to relocate Richmond’s final city-owned Confederate monument should start this week after a judge refused a request to delay the removal of the statue of Gen. A.P. Hill from its prominent spot in Virginia’s capital, an official said. Richmond Circuit... + más
Confederate monument set to be removed from Virginia capital | NBC News
NBC News USA Nation December 11, 2022
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