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Charles Drew pioneers blood banking

Drew's work on blood plasma storage saves countless lives.

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Key events

  1. 1940
    Charles Drew pioneers blood banking

    Drew's work on blood plasma storage saves countless lives.

  2. February 29, 1940
    Hattie McDaniel wins an Academy Award

    The first African American to win an Oscar, for Gone with the Wind.

  3. March 1940
    Richard Wright's "Native Son"

    A searing bestseller reshapes American literature on race.