The blinding of Isaac Woodard
Publisher:
PBS
Pub. Date:
[2021]
Language:
English
Description
This new documentary tells of a horrific, little-known incident of racial violence by police that became a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. 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. The event also ultimately set the stage for the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, which finally outlawed segregation in public schools and jump-started the modern civil rights movement.
Subjects
Subjects
African Americans
African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Violence against -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
Americans
Civil rights
Documentary films
Documentary television programs
Enthnology
Foreign study
Historical television programs
History
Motion pictures
Nonfiction television programs
Race
Race relations
Racism
Social sciences
South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Television series
Trials, litigation, etc
Veterans
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Violence against
Waring, Julius Waties
Waring, Julius Waties, -- 1880-1968
Woodard, Isaac
Woodard, Isaac, -- 1919-1992
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Trials, litigation, etc
African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Violence against -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
Americans
Civil rights
Documentary films
Documentary television programs
Enthnology
Foreign study
Historical television programs
History
Motion pictures
Nonfiction television programs
Race
Race relations
Racism
Social sciences
South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Television series
Trials, litigation, etc
Veterans
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Violence against
Waring, Julius Waties
Waring, Julius Waties, -- 1880-1968
Woodard, Isaac
Woodard, Isaac, -- 1919-1992
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Trials, litigation, etc
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ISBN:
9781531713645
UPC:
841887045391
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This new documentary tells of a horrific, little-known incident of racial violence by police that became a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. 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. The event also ultimately set the stage for the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, which finally outlawed segregation in public schools and jump-started the modern civil rights movement.
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African Americans
African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Violence against -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
Americans
Documentary films
Documentary television programs
Enthnology
Foreign study
Historical television programs
History
Motion pictures
Nonfiction television programs
Race
Racism
Social sciences
South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Television series
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Waring, Julius Waties, -- 1880-1968
Woodard, Isaac, -- 1919-1992
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Trials, litigation, etc
African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
African Americans -- Violence against -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
Americans
Documentary films
Documentary television programs
Enthnology
Foreign study
Historical television programs
History
Motion pictures
Nonfiction television programs
Race
Racism
Social sciences
South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Television series
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Waring, Julius Waties, -- 1880-1968
Woodard, Isaac, -- 1919-1992
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Trials, litigation, etc
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The blinding of Isaac Woodard
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The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
The blinding of Isaac Woodard / director/producer, Jamila Ephron
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The blinding of Isaac Woodard
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African Americans
Americans
Civil rights
Documentary films
Enthnology
Foreign study
History
Motion pictures
Race
Race relations
Racism
Social sciences
Television series
Trials, litigation, etc
Veterans
Violence against
Waring, Julius Waties
Woodard, Isaac
World War, 1939-1945
Americans
Civil rights
Documentary films
Enthnology
Foreign study
History
Motion pictures
Race
Race relations
Racism
Social sciences
Television series
Trials, litigation, etc
Veterans
Violence against
Waring, Julius Waties
Woodard, Isaac
World War, 1939-1945
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