Unexampled Courage : : the Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring
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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.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Year Published: 2019
Description: 324 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780374107895
0374107890
SUBJECTS
Waring, Julius Waties, -- 1880-1968.
Woodard, Isaac, -- 1919-1992 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
African Americans -- History -- United States -- 20th century.
African Americans -- History -- South Carolina -- 20th century.