YOUR TOPIC SENTENCE:

The paired passage “The Man Who Preserved Blood” illustrates how Dr. Charles Drew researched the means to collect and preserve human blood, worked for the Red Cross, and took a stance against racism.

KEY FACTS

·       In 1933 he worked in the ER as a doctor

·       A little girl was in an accident and died because there was no way to store blood.

·       Drew researched and found a system to collect and store blood.

·       Became a Red Cross director who collected blood for the U.S. military.

·       Resigned in protest when blood was not accepted from African Americans in 1941.

·       The ignorant act was lifted and now skin color doesn’t matter for blood donation.

Power Words

Blood banks	Preserve	Supply	Storage, Store, Conserve	Systematic / Systematically
Collection	American Red Cross	U.S. Armed Forces	Ignorance, ignorant	African-American
Caucasian	Donars	Relentless	Resignation, Resign	Policies
Eligability, Eligable	Sanguinary Fluid	Hematology	Hemotologist	Medical
Employment	Donate	Bestow

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