The blinding of Isaac Woodard
Type
Label
The blinding of Isaac Woodard
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
NRA
Main title
The blinding of Isaac Woodard
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
120
Series statement
American experience
Summary
Discover the 1946 incident of racial violence by police against army sergeant Isaac Woodard. This event led to the racial awakening of President Harry Truman and set the stage for the landmark 1954 Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision, jumpstarting the civil rights movement
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
Subject
- African Americans + Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Violence against -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Legal status, laws, etc + History -- 20th century
- Police brutality -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- 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
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor10
- Genre1
- Subject9
- African Americans + Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Violence against -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- African Americans + Legal status, laws, etc + History -- 20th century
- Police brutality -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- 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
- Content1
- resource.filmdirector1
- resource.filmproducer1
- Interviewee5
- Is Based On1
- Is Part Of1
- onscreenparticipant1
- Narrator1
- resource.screenwriter2