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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Language: | English |
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New York :
Picador/Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2020
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Edition: | First Picador paperback edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : a collision of two worlds
- Part I : The blinding. A tragic detour
- A wave of terror
- "The place was Batesburg"
- The bystander government
- Part II : The awakening. "My God ... we have to do something"
- The Isaac Woodard road show
- The gradualist
- A "baptism in racial prejudice"
- Part III : The call to action. "I shall fight to end 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.