Events
1964
Civil Rights Act
is passed by Congress
banning discrimination in
public places and jobs -
beginning of hospital
desegregation1973
Blood samples are taken from
Henrietta's children without
informed consent1991
California Supreme Court
rules that once removed, tissues
are not that owned by that
person's anymore1951
Henrietta's cells are
taken without her
informed consent1968
MLK Jr. is assassinated2010
The Immortal Life of
Henrietta Lacks is published1972
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
ends after 40 years2009
Deborah Lacks dies1992
Race Riots break out
in Los Angeles after
four white officers
are acquitted1988
Civil Rights Restoration Act
passes expanding non-
discrimination laws
Comments