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| Creator: | Southern Labor Archives |
| Title: | Isaac Woodard and mother portrait, South Carolina, July 12, 1946 |
| Date: | 1946 July 12 |
| Description: | Text on reverse: "Isaac Woodward, who fought to defend democracy against the onslaught of Nazism in World War II, had both his eyes gouged out shortly afterward by a Carolina policeman who barred his way to a bus station toilet (no toilet facility having been provided for Negroes.)" This photo was taken five months after the incident. Stetson Kennedy (1916-2011), writer and civil rights activist, collected these photographs during the course of his career fighting for equality throughout the Southern United States. Local identification number: L1979-37_064 |
| Types: | Photographic prints | StillImage |
| Subjects: | Racism--South Carolina | Police brutality | Portraits | Wounds & injuries | Kennedy, Stetson | Woodard, Isaac, 1919-1992 | United States, South Carolina, 33.836081, -81.163724 |
| Collection: | Stetson Kennedy Papers |
| Institution: | Georgia State University Special Collections |
| Contributors: | Georgia State University. Libraries |
| Original Material: | Stetson Kennedy papers, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library |
| Rights and Usage: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ Cite as: L1979-37_064, Stetson Kennedy Papers, L1979-37, Southern Labor Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SKennedy/id/10576 |
