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  • 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
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