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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:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Sarah Crichton Books ; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Waring, Julius Waties, > 1880-1968. Woodard, Isaac, > 1919-1992 > Trials, litigation, etc. African Americans > Civil rights > United States > History > 20th century. African Americans > Violence against > South Carolina > History > 20th century.
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Summary:	"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"--
Physical Description:	324 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780374107895 0374107890
Author Notes:	Richard Gergel is a United States district judge who presides in the same courthouse in Charleston, South Carolina, where Judge Waring once served. A native of Columbia, South Carolina, Judge Gergel earned undergraduate and law degrees from Duke University. With his wife, Dr. Belinda Gergel, he is the author of In Pursuit of the Tree of Life: A History of the Early Jews of Columbia, South Carolina .