Most people have no idea who Dr. Charles Drew was, but his work literally changed modern medicine. Back in the 1940s, Dr. Drew figured out how to separate and preserve blood plasma so it could be stored longer and safely transported. And that was huge because plasma saves lives, especially in emergencies and during wartime. His research helped make blood transfusions more organized, more reliable, and accessible on a large scale. He also played a major role in developing early blood bank systems

Dr. Charles Drew didn’t just make history, he rewrote the rules of survival. Born in 1904, he unlocked the science of storing and transporting blood plasma, giving the world its first real blood banks and saving thousands of soldiers’ lives in WWII. But when America tried to stain science with segregation, demanding blood be separated by race, Drew refused to bend. He resigned from his position as the first director of the Red Cross Blood Bank, proving that dignity and truth meant more than titl