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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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Table of Contents:
  • 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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