- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: Scholarly Book Services Inc; Reprint edition (Jun 27 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0807846821
- ISBN-13: 978-0807846827
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 649 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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On April 1, 1950, famous black surgeon and blood plasma pioneer Dr. Charles Drew bled to death after an auto accident, when he was refused treatment at a whites-only hospital. Although Drew was in fact treated in the emergency room in a small, segregated hospital, Love shows that in a generic sense, the claims surrounding his death are true. This book traces the life and well-known legend of Drew, revealing how truth becomes myth in a segregated society. 36 illustrations.
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It was Friday, 31 March 1950. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Performs a needed service,
By Andre M. "brnn64" (Mt. Pleasant, SC United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: One Blood: The Death and Resurrection of Charles R. Drew (Paperback)
Too often, what passes as "Black History" to the public on radio shows, the internet, etc. consists of myths and conspiracy theories as the "Willie Lynch Letter," The first president being Black, African-Americans being descended from Ancient Egyptians, ad nauseum. Spencie Love performs a well-needed service by debunking one of the most common (albeit one of the more plausible) of these myths-the idea that Black blood plasma pioneer Dr. Charles Drew bled to death because he was refused admission to a segregated hospital. Fact was, as she carefully demonstrates, this actually happened to another Black person named Maltheus Avery around the same time while Dr. Drew was treated responsibly at the time of this death.As a Black scholar, I have long decried the use of fabrication in the telling of Black history as something a people starved for true knowledge could ill-afford. Thank you Miss Love for showing people that REAL history does matter.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Readable history,
By A Customer
This review is from: One Blood: The Death and Resurrection of Charles R. Drew (Paperback)
This wonderful book not only includes accurate, scholarly historical research, it tells a gripping story of two fine black families and their experience with health care for African-Americans in our society. Very readable.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A magical synthesis of African American history and myth.,
By A Customer
This review is from: One Blood: The Death and Resurrection of Charles R. Drew (Paperback)
Spencie Love has written one of the few genuinely biracial explorations of the history of black-white relations in the United States. She uses the story of Charles Drew to illustrate the ways in which white Americans have misunderstood and distorted the contributions of black Americans to their shared culture--whether science, politics, education, medicine, or daily life. THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW called this a "superb book" and their review was spot on.
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