Charles Drew died tragically in North Carolina on April 1, 1950, after falling asleep while driving to a conference. He was given a blood transfusion at an all-white hospital but succumbed to the ...

The speculations surrounding the death of Dr. Charles R. Drew are steeped in rumor. Drew, a pioneer in blood banking and blood and plasma storage, may have died after being refused a blood transfusion ...

Charles Drew, a Black surgeon and researcher ... Soon after his death, rumors spread that Drew died because the hospital refused to treat him. Witnesses at the hospital, survivors of the accident ...