Henrietta Lacks Family Seeks Compensation; CPA Company Pushes for Diversity

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The estate of Henrietta Lacks filed suit against Thermo Fisher Scientific, stating the biotech company mass produced and sold tissue grown from her cervical cells without her knowledge or consent.

The harvesting of the dying Black woman’s cells happened at Johns Hopkins back in 1951. The family wants to be compensated for the use of the so-called HeLa cells.

This year marks the 100th anniversary the first Black man, John W. Cromwell Jr., became a certified public accountant in America. The face of the new generation of CPAs has changed since then. Tahlia Smith, partner at Deloitte & Touche, joins “BNC Live” with Laverne McGee to talk about the company's newest initiative addressing diversity and promoting inclusivity.

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