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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"--

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.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A collision of two worlds
  • A tragic detour
  • A wave of terror
  • "The place was Batesburg"
  • The bystander government
  • "My God... we have to do something"
  • The Isaac Woodard Road Show
  • The gradualist
  • "A baptism in racial prejudice"
  • "I shall fight an 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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