By Melissa Noel ·Updated June 16, 2023
On Wednesday, Maryland U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume reintroduced a bill in Congress to posthumously award a Congressional Gold Medal to Henrietta Lacks.
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford, U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, and the Lacks family joined Mfume. They all want to see her be honored for her contributions to modern science.
“Today, I announced my legislation
