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The blinding of Isaac Woodard Cover Image DVD DVD
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The blinding of Isaac Woodard

Ephron, Jamila, (film producer,, film director,, screenwriter.). Zwonitzer, Mark, (screenwriter.). Holland, Andr©♭, (narrator.). Frederickson, Kari A., (interviewee.). Woodard, Isaac 1919-1992 (on-screen participant.). Gergel, Richard. Television program adaptation of (expression): Unexampled courage. (Added Author). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), (publisher.). American Experience Films, (production company.). Ark Media (Firm), (production company.). PBS Distribution (Firm), (publisher.).

Summary: 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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  • ISBN: 1531713645
  • ISBN: 9781531713645
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (110 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
    videodisc
  • Edition: Widescreen edition.
  • Publisher: [Arlington, Va.] : PBS, [2021]

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Participant or Performer Note: Narrator: Andre Holland.
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Rating: TV14.
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DVD, widescreen.

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Subject: South Carolina Race relations History 20th century
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World War, 1939-1945 Veterans Trials, litigation, etc
Waring, Julius Waties 1880-1968
Woodard, Isaac 1919-1992
Genre: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction television programs.
Historical television programs.
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Indian Valley Public Library DVD 323.1196 Blinding (Text) 39427103522678 Nonfiction Room: DVD Nonfiction Available -
Allentown Public Library DVD 323.1196 BLIN (Text) 34455006785873 Adult DVD Nonfiction Available -
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