One Blood
Love, Spencie
On April 1, 1950, famous black surgeon and blood plasma pioneer Dr. Charles Drew bled to death after an auto accident, when he was refused treatment at a whites-only hospital. Although Drew was in fact treated in the emergency room in a small, segregated hospital, Love shows that in a generic sense, the claims surrounding his death are true. This book traces the life and well-known legend of Drew, revealing how truth becomes myth in a segregat...