American experience., director/producer, Jamila Ephron., DVD/Widescreen
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American experience., director/producer, Jamila Ephron., DVD/Widescreen
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rating: TV14
Main title
American experience.
Oclc number
1244817461
Responsibility statement
director/producer, Jamila Ephron.
Runtime
110
Series statement
American experience
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
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Blinding of Isaac Woodard
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DVD/Widescreen
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- African Americans + Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Documentary television programs
- African Americans + Violence against -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- Historical television programs
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 + Veterans + Trials, litigation, etc
- Woodard, Isaac, 1919-1992
- Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968
- Nonfiction television programs
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- Subject10
- African Americans + Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Documentary television programs
- African Americans + Violence against -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- Historical television programs
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- South Carolina -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 + Veterans + Trials, litigation, etc
- Woodard, Isaac, 1919-1992
- Waring, Julius Waties, 1880-1968
- Nonfiction television programs
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- Is Part Of1
- Narrator1
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