American experience The blinding of Isaac Woodard
In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the course of American history. Based on Richard Gergel's book Unexampled Courage, the film details how the crime led to the racial awakening of President Harry Truman, who desegregated federal offices and the military two years later.
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Documentary television programs. Historical television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
- ISBN: 9781531713645
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Physical Description
videodisc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher [Arlington, VA] : PBS, [2021]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from web page. GMD: videodisc. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrator: Andre Hollard. |
Target Audience Note: | Rating: TV14. |
System Details Note: | DVD, wide screen. |