January 30, 2019

Unexampled Courage

Federal Judge Richard Gergel recalled the blinding of African American World War II veteran Isaac Woodard by South Carolina police in 1946 and… read more

Federal Judge Richard Gergel recalled the blinding of African American World War II veteran Isaac Woodard by South Carolina police in 1946 and the subsequent political and judicial response. Judge Gergel was joined in conversation by Isaac Woodward’s nephew, Robert Young, and NAACP Legal Defense Fund president Sherrilyn Ifill. close

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Leon Friedman Professor Hofstra University->Law
Richard Mark Gergel Judge U.S. District Court->South Carolina

Sherrilyn Ifill President and Director NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Deborah Schwartz President Brooklyn Historical Society
Robert Young Nephew

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Program ID:: 455981-1
Category:: Public Affairs Event
Format:: Interview
Location:: Brooklyn, New York, United States
First Aired:: Feb 09, 2019 | 11:03pm EST | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:: Feb 24, 2019 | 4:15pm EST | C-SPAN 2

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Feb 09, 2019 | 11:03pm EST | C-SPAN 2
Feb 17, 2019 | 8:40am EST | C-SPAN 2
Feb 18, 2019 | 4:30pm EST | C-SPAN 2
Feb 24, 2019 | 4:15pm EST | C-SPAN 2

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