American Experience S33E03 - The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
American Experience (1988)
S33E03 The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
Episode Overview
In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant returning to South Carolina after his service in WWII, was forcibly removed from a bus following a dispute with the driver. The local police chief brutally assaulted him, rendering him unconscious and resulting in permanent blindness.