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Unexampled courage : the blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring /
"A nonfiction book detailing the case of Isaac Woodard, its influence on Judge J. Waties Waring, and how Waring went on to lay the groundwork for landmark civil rights rulings"--
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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"A nonfiction book detailing the case of Isaac Woodard, its influence on Judge J. Waties Waring, and how Waring went on to lay the groundwork for landmark civil rights rulings"-- February 12, 1946. Sergeant Isaac Woodard, a decorated African American veteran, was removed from a Greyhound bus in Batesburg, South Carolina after challenging the driver's treatment of him. He was arrested by the local police chief, Lynwood Shull, and beaten and blinded while in custody. Outraged, President Harry Truman established the first presidential commission on civil rights; the Justice Department filed criminal charges against Shull. An all-white journey acquitted Shull, but Judge Waring was conscience-stricken and began to challenge the foundations of racial segregation. Gergel details the racial awakening of President Truman and Judge Waring, and traces their influential roles in changing the course of America's civil rights history. -- adapted from jacket. |
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324 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780374107895 0374107890 |