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Henrietta Lacks' Lasting Impact Detailed In New Portrait

<em>The Mother of Modern Medicine</em> by Kadir Nelson, oil on linen, 2017. (Collection of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Kadir Nelson and the JKBN Group LLC.)
The Mother of Modern Medicine by Kadir Nelson, oil on linen, 2017. (Collection of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery and National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Kadir Nelson and the JKBN Group LLC.)

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