The War at Home
Clip: Season 33 Episode 3 | 7m 53s
Booker T. Spicely was a Black soldier fatally shot by a white bus driver in 1944.
Booker T. Spicely was a Black soldier shot by a bus driver in 1944 for resisting his order to move to the back of the bus in Durham, N.C.
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The War at Home
Clip: Season 33 Episode 3 | 7m 53s
Booker T. Spicely was a Black soldier shot by a bus driver in 1944 for resisting his order to move to the back of the bus in Durham, N.C.
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Chapter 1 | The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
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Watch a preview of The Blinding of Isaac Woodard. (10m 31s)
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How a horrific racial violence became a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement. (2m)
Isaac Woodard was a decorated African American WWII Veteran from South Carolina. (1m 4s)
Judge Waring became an unexpected civil rights champion with rulings on pivotal cases. (1m 7s)
Trailer | Blinding of Isaac Woodard | American Experience
In 1946, a local police chief savagely beat and permanently blinded a Black army sergeant. (30s)
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