Most of all, Unexampled Courage reminds us just how much we depend on the bravery of the few to right the wrongs of the many. On the night of Feb. 12, 1946, ...

In "Unexampled Courage," Richard Gergel tells the story of racial violence that inspired a landmark court decision and the integration of the U.S. armed forces. Karen Grigsby Bates from our Code ...

UNEXAMPLED COURAGE The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring By Richard Gergel. In “Reconstruction,” an essay published in ...

‘Unexampled Courage’ Review: Showing America the Way. Nothing in Harry Truman’s background suggested that the president would play a role in addressing racism in America. By .

UNEXAMPLED COURAGE: THE BLINDING OF SGT. ISAAC WOODARD AND THE AWAKENING OF PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN AND JUDGE J. WATIES WARING By Richard Gergel Sarah Crichton Books/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux ...

Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring Richard Gergel. FSG/Crichton, $27 (336p) ISBN 978-0-374-10789-5.

Richard Gergel, the federal court judge who presided over the 2015 Dylann Roof Charleston church murder trial, joined Jim Braude to discuss the little-known story of an African-American World War II ...