Скачать или смотреть Through Corrine Johnson's Eyes

This story profiles Corrine Johnson, a South Carolina trailblazer whose life intersected with one of the most brutal and consequential acts of racial violence in American history , the 1946 beating and blinding of Isaac Woodard. As a firsthand witness to the aftermath of Woodard’s assault, Johnson carries a living memory of an event that helped ignite the modern Civil Rights Movement and expose the realities of racial terror faced by Black veterans returning home from World War II.

Through intimate interviews and historical context, the piece explores how witnessing this violence shaped Johnson’s worldview, resilience, and lifelong commitment to justice, education, and community advocacy. Her story reveals how history is not only written in court rulings and headlines, but also lived quietly by those who bore witness and carried its weight forward.

The narrative moves beyond a single moment, tracing Johnson’s broader impact and examining how Black women like her who are often absent from history books, preserved truth through memory, testimony, and action. By centering her voice, the story connects personal experience to national consequence, showing how individual lives are woven into the fabric of American history.