Statue of Henrietta Lacks

{{Short description|Statue in Bristol, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2025}}

{{Distinguish|Statue of Henrietta Lacks (Roanoke, Virginia)}}

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A statue of Henrietta Lacks was unveiled in Bristol in October 2021. According to The Guardian, the sculpture is "the first statue of a black woman created by a black woman for a public space" in the United Kingdom.{{Cite web|date=2021-10-04|title=For 'unrecognised black women': statue of Henrietta Lacks unveiled in Bristol|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/oct/04/for-unrecognised-black-women-statue-of-henrietta-lacks-unveiled-in-bristol|access-date=2021-10-06|website=The Guardian|language=en}}{{Cite news|date=2021-10-04|title=Bristol statue of Henrietta Lacks installed at university|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-58761785|access-date=2021-12-09}}{{Cite web|date=2021-03-10|title=First public sculpture of black woman created by black woman to be unveiled in UK|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sculpture-black-woman-bristol-university-henrietta-lacks-b1815050.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sculpture-black-woman-bristol-university-henrietta-lacks-b1815050.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-09|website=The Independent|language=en}}