From The First Human Being, Lucy, To Henrietta Lacks, Black Women Never Get The Recognition We Deserve
And why this needs to change
I must have been in the 8th grade. It was the afternoon period and we were learning about human evolution and how Lucy — a Black African woman who lived in the Nile River Valley, the region now known as Ethiopia, is at the origin of all humankind.
I was absolutely fascinated.
We didn’t dwell on the story of Lucy for long. W…
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