The blinding of Isaac Woodard

Streaming video - 2021

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.

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Genres
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[United States] : PBS 2021.
Language
English
Corporate Author
hoopla digital
Corporate Author
hoopla digital (-)
Other Authors
Jamila Ephron (film director), Mark Zwonitzer (screenwriter), André Holland (narrator), Richard Gergel (interviewee), Kenneth Walter Mack, 1964- (-), Sherrilyn A. Ifill, Rawn James, Kari A. Frederickson
Online Access
Instantly available on hoopla.
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Physical Description
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 120 min.)) : sd., col
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Audience
Not rated.
Production Credits
Directed by Jamila Ephron.
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).