The War at Home

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The War at Home American Experience

Premiered April 14, 2021

The War at Home

Booker T. Spicely was a Black soldier fatally shot by a white bus driver in 1944.

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Booker T. Spicely was a Black soldier fatally shot by a white bus driver in 1944.

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The War at Home

Watch a preview of The Blinding of Isaac Woodard.

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Chapter 1 | The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

Isaac Woodard was a decorated African American WWII Veteran from South Carolina.

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Isaac Woodard

Judge Waring became an unexpected civil rights champion with rulings on pivotal cases.

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Judge Julius Waties Waring

How a horrific racial violence became a powerful catalyst for the civil rights movement.

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Extended Trailer | Blinding of Isaac Woodard

In 1946, a local police chief savagely beat and permanently blinded a Black army sergeant.

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