1. “Blackness
Be Spread
all InsIde”
Group !- Arica Moses , Jasmine Stegall
, Vi c t o r i a M a l i c h a n a h , A n w a r D o u g s i y e h
,Marlon Coakley

2. The Life of
Henrietta
•
Henrietta spent her
time cooking for Day,
the children, and her
cousins. Henrietta
would sneak out the on
the days that Day
would go to work. She •
Spent hours taking
care of her nails. She
never wore pants. She •
made life come alive.
Being with her was
fun. But Henrietta had
one enemy. Ethel hated
Henrietta. Her cousins
always believed it was
jealousy.
Henrietta had 5 kids
David J.r ,Deborah ,Joe
,Lawrence and Elsie
She had two cousins
Sadie and Margret

3. Henrietta Sickness
• Henrietta knew nothing
about her cells growing in a
laboratory. For month and a
half no one knew Henrietta
was sick. The cancer was
kept a secret ,because she
only had to go back to
Hopkins once. She went for
as radium treatment. Her
cervix was a bit red and
inflamed from the first
treatment. But the tumor
was shrinking.
• She began X-ray therapy she
went every Thursday. She
would have to walk to
Margret's house a few
blocks from Hopkins after
every treatment. By this
time the tumor had
completely vanished. Her
cervix was now normal
again. Three weeks after
starting the X-ray therapy
she began burning. The
radiation turned Henrietta
breast black.
• “Lord it feels like the
blackness spreading inside
of me”

4. Chapter 5 Quiz !
1. What did “Blackness spreading all inside
of me “ mean?
2. How long was her cancer kept a secret?
3. What did the radiation do to Henrietta?
4. What was Henrietta kids name?
5. Who was her enemy?

5. Answers