Jan. 18th, 2010

davidfcooper: (Default)

On a C-Span book talk yesterday I learned that in 1958 President Eisenhower desegregated America's blood supply by executive order. Prior to that blood for transfusions in blood banks was segregated as "white" and "black," and the "white" blood was further segregated as "Christian" and "Hebrew."

Posted via web from davidfcooper's posterous

davidfcooper: (Default)

On a C-Span book talk yesterday I learned that in 1958 President Eisenhower desegregated America's blood supply by executive order. Prior to that blood for transfusions in blood banks was segregated as "white" and "black," and the "white" blood was further segregated as "Christian" and "Hebrew."

Posted via web from davidfcooper's posterous

Profile

davidfcooper: (Default)
davidfcooper

January 2022

S M T W T F S
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526 272829
3031     

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Sep. 20th, 2025 12:41 am
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios