Bylines

Melba Newsome

All Articles Related to This Author

Viewing 1–1 of 1 written by Melba Newsome

Newspaper headline reading: "Red Cross Says Refusal of Negro Blood is U.S. Order."

Good Blood, Bad Policy: The Red Cross and Jim Crow

A 1940s Red Cross rule, which racially segregated blood, propped up notions of racial difference and Black inferiority.

by Melba Newsome via UnDark on January 18, 2023

brought to you by

© Bunk History