The blinding of Isaac Woodard

Ephron, Jamila, (film producer,, film director .). Holland, André, (narrator.). Gergel, Richard. Television program adaptation of (expression): Unexampled courage. (Added Author). Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), (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.

Item details

ISBN: 9781531713645
ISBN: 1531713645
Physical Description: videodisc
1 videodisc (approximately 110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2021]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Title from container. "SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed-captions" --container.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator: Andre Hollard.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: TV14.
System Details Note:	DVD, wide screen.
Language Note:	English dialogue, English SDH subtitles.