Everything you need to know about Henrietta Lacks children

Henrietta Lacks was an African American woman whose cancer cells became the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most significant cell lines in medical research. Henrietta Lacks had five children:

Lawrence Lacks
Eliza Lacks Pleasant
David “Sonny” Lacks Jr.
Deborah Lacks (also known as Deborah Lacks Pullum)
Zakariyya Rahman (formerly known as Joseph Lacks)

The story of Henrietta Lacks and how her cells were taken without her knowledge or consent has been widely discussed in the context of medical ethics and race in the United States. Her life, the significance of the HeLa cells, and the impact on her family are detailed in the book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot.