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Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier 3: The Trial

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Feb 26, 202618:23Society & Culture

This is the final episode of our series about Isaac Woodard, a Black soldier who was beaten and blinded by a white police officer in 1946. In the last episode, radio host Orson Welles, who was investigating the case, lea...

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