(1919-03-18)March 18, 1919 Fairfield County, South Carolina, U.S.
Died
September 23, 1992(1992-09-23) (aged 73) New York City, U.S.
Buried
Calverton National Cemetery
Allegiance
United States
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
1942–46
Rank
Sergeant
Battles/wars
World War II
New Guinea campaign
Awards
Good Conduct Medal American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal
Isaac Woodard Jr. (March 18, 1919 – September 23, 1992) was an American soldier and victim of racial violence. An African-American World War II veteran, on February 12, 1946, hours after being honorably discharged from the United States Army, he was attacked while still in uniform by South Carolina police as he was taking a bus home. The attack and his injuries sparked national outrage and galvanized the civil rights movement in the United States.
The attack left Woodard completely and permanently blind. Due to South Carolina's reluctance to pursue the case, President Harry S. Truman ordered a federal investigation. The police chief, Lynwood Shull, was indicted and went to trial in federal court in South Carolina, where he was acquitted by an all-white jury.
Such miscarriages of justice by state governments influenced a move towards civil rights initiatives at the federal level. Truman subsequently established a national interracial commission, made a historic speech to the NAACP and the nation in June 1947 in which he described civil rights as a moral priority, submitted a civil rights bill to Congress in February 1948, and issued Executive Orders 9980 and 9981 on June 26, 1948, desegregating the armed forces and the federal government.
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