Immortality

Immortality – What does it mean to be immortal?

Henrietta Lacks died in 1951 but her cells and her memory lives on. Does this make her immortal?
How do our cultural and our religious beliefs impact our understanding of immortality?
How has our understanding of immortality changed as our scientific understanding and advances in science have grown?

Immortality Across Religions and Cultures
The Miracle of "HELA"
The original 1976 Ebony article that stated Henrietta's full name. It included interviews and pictures of her family.
Family Talks about Dead Mother Whose Cells Fight Cancer
A 1976 Jet magazine with interviews and photographs of Henrietta's husband and children.
Her Cells Made Her Immortal
An early article about the Lacks family efforts to gain recognition for their mother. Includes interviews of her children.

Database Resources

Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Pro and con arguments with contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues drawn from news articles, journals, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites.
contains pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more on current issues with a focus on issues in U.S.

Off-Campus Database Access Information
This document contains login information for accessing library databases off-campus.

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