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Dr. Charles Richard Drew (1904-1950) Columbia University-educated Drew developed the first methods of preserving blood plasma and opened the nation’s first large-scale blood banks during World War II when the United States’ and Britain’s need was critical. He led the first American Red Cross Blood Bank, opening mobile blood donation sites nationwide. However, Drew resigned after a long career of attempting to desegregate blood donations and include African-Americans in blood supply networks. Later, he became Chief of Surgery at Howard University Hospital, then called Freedmen’s Hospital, and trained other Black physicians.

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Street graffiti of the Slender Man

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