# § 36-2 Henrietta Lacks Day.

Current through 2026-07-17. Source: City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-129. Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.

## § 36-2 Henrietta Lacks Day.

Balt., Md., Code art. 1, § 36-2 (2026)

August 1 of each year shall be Henrietta Lacks Day in honor of the birth on August 1, 1920 of Henrietta Lacks, whose cervical cancer cells were taken without her or her family’s knowledge or consent to create the HeLa line of cells used to further medical science, including cures and treatments for diseases such as polio, cancer, and AIDS.  The Mayor annually shall proclaim this day as Henrietta Lacks Day to recognize this important moment in medical history.

*History: Ord. 17-046*