2/04/2005
Black History Month 1
In talking about Black History, in order for their to be any real recognition of the part that blacks have played in American History and indeed in World History, it is necessary to move being Malcolm and Martin. Today’s historical figure is one that may be responsible for saving more lives than any other in the past century. Born in Washington DC and receiving his first college degree from Amherst University in Massachusetts, this man would do great things. He invented the blood bank, came up with the process that sorts plasma from blood cells and the preservation of, was the first Director of the Red Cross and defied the US War Department mandate about not mixing blood from white and black donors. Today’s Black History Figure is Dr Charles Richard Drew.
