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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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Main Author: Gergel, Richard, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects and Genres:
Waring, Julius Waties, > 1880-1968.
Woodard, Isaac, > 1919-1992 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Truman, Harry S. > 1884-1972
Waring, Julius Waties > 1880-1968
Woodard, Isaac > 1919-1992
1900-1999
African American soldiers > Trials, litigation, etc.
World War, 1939-1945 > Veterans > Trials, litigation, etc.
African Americans > Civil rights > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Violence against > South Carolina > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Race Relations > United States > personal narratives.
Militaires noirs américains > Procès, instances, etc.
Noirs américains > Droits > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Veterans.
Race relations.
African American soldiers.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Trials.
Bürgerrecht.
Diskriminierung
Schwarze
South Carolina > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Caroline du Sud > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siècle.
South Carolina.
United States.
South Carolina
USA.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
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505 0 |a Introduction : a collision of two worlds -- Part I : The blinding. A tragic detour -- A wave of terror -- "The place was Batesburg" -- The bystander government -- Part II : The awakening. "My God ... we have to do something" -- The Isaac Woodard road show -- The gradualist -- A "baptism in racial prejudice" -- Part III : The call to action. "I shall fight to end evil like this" -- "We know the way. We need only the will" -- Confronting the American dilemma -- There will be no fines -- Fighting the "battle royal" -- Driving the "last nail in the coffin of segregation" -- Conclusion : unexampled courage. 
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520 |a 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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