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Sergeant Isaac Woodard, A Battlefield-decorated African American Soldier, Climbed Aboard A Greyhound Bus On February 12, 1946, In Augusta, Georgia, On His Last Leg Home After Three Years Of Military Service. Things Suddenly Went Awry When A Brief Heated Exchange With The Bus Driver Resulted In Woodard's Removal From The Bus And His Arrest In The Small Town Of Batesburg, South Carolina. Shortly After The Batesburg Police Chief, Lynwood Shull, Took Woodard Into Custody, He Beat The Soldier With His Blackjack, Blinding Him. Details Of Woodard's Tragic Encounter Soon Reached President Harry S. Truman. Outraged By The Treatment Of A Uniformed American Soldier, Truman Wrote To His Attorney General And Made It Clear That There Was A Need For An Effective Federal Response. Within Days, Criminal Civil Rights Charges Were Brought Against Shull In The Federal District Court In South Carolina And Truman Began Establishing The First Presidential Committee On Civil Rights. Truman's Committee Recommended Groundbreaking Reforms, Including Ending Segregation In The Armed Forces. On July 26, 1948, Truman, Over Vigorous Opposition, Issued Executive Order 9981, Integrating The American Military And Ma

Author

Gergel, Richard, author

Publisher

Sarah Crichton Books ; Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374718510

Subjects

History, Social Science, Humanities

Rating

4.7 / 5 (359 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14