Detained: The Last Columbia Protester

Detained: The Last Columbia Protester

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Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier 2: Officer X

Last week, we shared the story of Isaac Woodard, a Black soldier who was brutally beaten by a white police officer in South Carolina. No one knew the name of the police officer. Or even the town where it happened. Not even Woodard himself. By the summer of '46, the case was gaini ...  عرض المزيد

Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier 1: The Bus Ride

On February 12, 1946, a Black soldier was heading home from WWII when he was brutally beaten by a white police officer in South Carolina. No one knew the identity of the police officer. No one even knew the town where it happened. When the famous radio host Orson Welles heard abo ...  عرض المزيد

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