{"id":406,"date":"2025-03-05T13:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidjamesgarber.com\/blog\/?p=406"},"modified":"2025-03-15T10:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T14:55:23","slug":"the-red-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidjamesgarber.com\/blog\/archives\/406","title":{"rendered":"The Red Cross and Tuskegee Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8G History Week 17 Assignment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this week&#8217;s writing assignment, I will be covering two separate topics, the Red Cross and Tuskegee Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Red Cross<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Red Cross is an international charity that serves in many ways, including first aid, nurse training, and blood banks, among others. The Red Cross started as an organization that served on the battlefield during wars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Henri Dunant was one of the people involved in the founding of the Red Cross. He was a humanitarian, and he realized that there was a need for an international organization that would help bring relief and aid to suffering people in wartime. This started the International Relief for the Wounded, which later led to the Red Cross. This organization only existed in Europe, but that was about to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clara Barton was a American Civil War nurse, devoting her time and money to the war effort, which led to the nickname Angel of the Battlefield. When she was on a trip to Switzerland, she heard about the Red Cross, and was inspired to bring it to the U.S. She founded the American Red Cross in 1881.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One thing that I didn&#8217;t know about the Red Cross is that it is called the Red Crescent in Muslim countries, because that&#8217;s their symbol of religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tuskegee Institute<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuskegee Institute, also called Tuskegee University, is a university in Tuskegee, Alabama. It was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881. He wanted a university that would train African Americans to become teachers, because there were no other colleges that did. It also provided farming and business skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuskegee institute has shifted over the years, and it is now more like a typical college, offering many degrees. It still serves mostly African Americans, and is very famous for its engineering and science classes. George Washington Carver, the man who was credited with discovering more than 300 uses for the peanut, attended Tuskegee Institute!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Red-Cross-and-Red-Crescent\">https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Red-Cross-and-Red-Crescent<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Tuskegee-University\">https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Tuskegee-University<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8G History Week 17 Assignment For this week&#8217;s writing assignment, I will be covering two separate topics, the Red Cross and Tuskegee Institute. The Red Cross The Red Cross is an international charity that serves in many ways, including first aid, nurse training, and blood banks, among others. 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