The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
[Arlington, Va.] : PBS, [2021]
Format: DVD
Description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Series: American experience.
Other Authors:
Ephron, Jamila, film producer, film director.
Holland, André, narrator.
Television program adaptation of (expression): Gergel, Richard. Unexampled courage.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
Ephron, Jamila, film producer, film director.
Holland, André, narrator.
Television program adaptation of (expression): Gergel, Richard. Unexampled courage.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.
Subjects:
Woodard, Isaac, 1919-1992.
Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Trials, litigation, etc.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Violence against -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century.
South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Woodard, Isaac, 1919-1992.
Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Trials, litigation, etc.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Violence against -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century.
South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Target Audience: Rating: TV14.
ISBN:
9781531713645
UPC: 841887045391
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD BIOGRAPHY Woodard | Southeast | DVD | In |
Title from web page.
Videorecording.
Narrator: Andre Hollard.
DVD, wide screen.
Videorecording.
Narrator: Andre Hollard.
DVD, wide screen.