As some of you know, I do a website for Famous Americans including a 
page for Famous Virginians. I am always on the look-out for someone new 
I can include. Chris Baker seems to fill the bill.

Other than the blog, is there other information available online about 
Chris Baker? Is there a photo available of him?

Last winter I read "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca 
Skloot. In the book, it discusses the perception of the African-American 
community in Baltimore about the "doctors" from Johns-Hopkins who were 
said to roam the night streets snatching bodies for research. Sounds 
like there could be similarities between the activities of Chris Baker 
and his standing in the African -American local community with those 
described for Baltimore.

Feel free to write to me via email if you have any additional 
information on Chris Baker. Maybe I can have the page ready for 
Halloween, but it will be an interesting additions to African-Americans 
to have for Black History Month!

Thanks for any leads,

Anne

http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/famamer
http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/famamer/index-Virginians.html
http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/famamer/index-African.html
http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/HLacks.html

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Anne Pemberton
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http://www.educationalsynthesis.org

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