Learn MoreMeet author, Richard Gergel at the the National Archives for an author talk and book signing.
Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman, captures the story of Sgt. Isaac Woodward return home as a decorated African American veteran who was arrested by South Carolina police, tortured and blinded in custody. Richard Gergel’s Unexampled Courage demonstrates the impact of Woodard’s blinding as the racial awakening of President Truman and the changing course of America’s civil rights history.