Black History Month: African-American Inventors
By The Schoolmarm • Feb 1st, 2010 • Category: educationalMost of us have heard about George Washington Carver and his remarkable development of the peanut, (how many peanut butter sandwiches have you eaten?) but it is not as well known that he also developed hundreds of other products too. Some of us have heard that Dr. Charles Drew pioneered the idea for the first blood bank. But did you know that his work was the model for The Red Cross’ system of blood banks, and that he was the first director?
