The Blinding of Isaac Woodard -
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Discover the 1946 incident of racial violence by police that 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, jump-starting the civil rights movement.

Episode Duration: 1 hour 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 3303

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