![]() ![]() The story, the subsequent trial, and the swift acquittal of the officers caused a national sensation. Woodard was 27, and he explained in a sworn affidavit that he was still wearing his uniform when he was struck several times in the eye with a billy club. It was only hours after he was honorably discharged from the U.S. On the night of February 13th, 1946, Woodard was beaten and blinded by police officers in Batesburg, South Carolina. ![]() In 1946, Welles launched a blistering radio crusade about the blinding of a black veteran named Isaac Woodard(ph). ![]() This year, I realized that as a much younger man, my father probably developed a certain respect for Orson Welles while listening to some of his radio commentaries about a real-life drama. He had a special affinity for movies like "Citizen Kane" and "The Third Man." And if the local stations were re-airing an old Welles radio drama, he'd carry the shoebox-size Panasonic radio into the living room, and sit and listen from his favorite armchair. was a man who wore fedoras well after the fashion passed. My father was a postal worker who always had a thing for Orson Welles. Well, before Michele went, she left us this story about her father, a bullet and Orson Welles. She'll be traveling the country, talking about her new memoir, "The Grace of Silence." That's why David Greene is here. My co-host, Michele Norris, embarks this week on that great American pilgrimage known as the book tour. ![]()
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