A Civil Rights Struggle Few Remember: Desegregating Blood Donation

Saturday, February 14, 2015 - 11:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Sicily 1943: whose blood was this US soldier getting? NARAIn December 1941, a few days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into World War II, a Detroit mother named Sylvia Tucker visited her local Red Cross donor center to give blood.Having heard the “soul-stirring” appeals for blood donors on her radio, she was determined to do her part. But when she arrived at the center, the supervisor turned her away. “Orders from the National Offices,” he explained, “barred Negro blood donors at this time.” read more

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