Top 10 Unsung American Heroes

10. Charles R. Drew

Drew was the first African-American to earn a Doctor of Medical Science degree. Drew heavily impacted the medical field of his time and today. Thanks to him, blood banks were created and he developed the way to process and store blood plasma. He led the blood banks of the United States and Great Britain but refused to do so after a law was passed calling for the segregation of the blood of African-Americans.

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