Army veteran Isaac Woodard was en route to meet his wife on February 12, 1946m when he was arrested and beaten blind by police chief Linwood Shull. Woodward was a 26-year-old black veteran who had been honorably discharged and was traveling by bus still in uniform to Winnsboro, South Carolina. While en route, the bus driver made a stop […]
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