BRATTLEBORO In honor of Black History Month this February, the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors, and especially those who have recovered from COVID-19, to give blood to honor
Published February 12, 2021
Published February 12, 2021
For the entire month of February, NBC will showcase essays about Black Americans who pioneered change in United States history during the Civil Rights Movement that led to nationwide desegregation. Pioneers include those who led local efforts to desegregate schools, professionals who forged ahead to become luminaries within their industries, and advocates who stoked the wave of change head-on in the nation s bid for racial justice and equality.
Dr. Albert Gaskins, Doctor and Desegregationist
There was a bus that carried you from Washington, where at that particular station, you could sit front or back. Once you crossed the Potomac River into Virginia, you had to get back. There was a pole. You had to move past, back to that pole. So on that particular day, for some particular reason, I decided, I m not moving. I m gonna sit where I want to sit.
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In honor of Black History Month this February, the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors, and especially those who have recovered from COVID-19, to give blood to honor the legacies of African Americans like Dr. Charles Drew and Dr. Jerome Holland.
Their passion for helping improve the lives of patients in need of lifesaving blood products is carried on through dedicated blood donors, blood drive sponsors, volunteers and Red Cross employees. Drew, an African American surgeon, was the medical director of the first Red Cross blood bank in 1941. Drew’s research about the storage and shipment of blood plasma proved that blood could be stored for transfusions. Many of the processes he developed are still in use today.
Red Cross Needs Donors During Black History Month
To honor the legacies of African Americans like Dr. Charles Drew and Dr. Jerome Holland the American Red Cross is urging you to give blood during February which is Black History Month. The Red Cross says the passion of Drew and Holland to improve the lives of patients in need of blood is carried on through dedicated blood donors, blood drive sponsors, volunteers and Red Cross employees.
A press release from the American Red Cross says Dr. Drew, a surgeon was the medical director of the first Red Cross blood bank in 1941. They say his work and research on how to store and ship blood lead to huge improvements and they say many of his processes are still being used Today.