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The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
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The Blinding of Isaac Woodard: How a horrific incident of racial violence 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.
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard: How a horrific incident of racial violence 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.
Actors:
Belinda Gergel,
Elizabeth Waring,
André Holland,
Eleanor Roosevelt,
Mary James Cottrell,
Rawn James,
Duke Ellington,
Laura Williams,
Nathaniel Briggs,
Kari Frederickson,
Gilbert King,
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Belinda Gergel
Elizabeth Waring
André Holland
28 December 1979, Bessemer, Alabama, USA
Eleanor Roosevelt
October 11, 1884 in New York City, New York, USA
Mary James Cottrell
Rawn James
Duke Ellington
29 April 1899, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Laura Williams
Nathaniel Briggs
Kari Frederickson
Gilbert King
Genre:
Biography, Documentary, History
Director:
Jamila Ephron
Country:
United States
Keywords:
#Eliza Briggs #Jamila Ephron #Mary James Cottrell #Nathaniel Briggs #The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
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