Radio Diaries Guests / Interviewees (Corrine Johnson, Richard Gergel, Laura Williams, James L. Felder Sr.)
Participants in the Radio Diaries episode who provide eyewitness testimony, historical context, family perspective, and NAACP responses about the beating and blinding of Isaac Woodard.
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Mar 12, 2026 • 11min
From Radio Diaries: Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier
Orson Welles appears through Radio Diaries to investigate the 1946 beating and blinding of Isaac Woodard. Corrine Johnson, Richard Gergel, Laura Williams, and James L. Felder Sr. offer eyewitness memory, legal context, family perspective, and NAACP reaction. The story follows the bus attack, Woodard’s affidavit, and how Welles used his platform to demand accountability.
