Before we start today's show, we want to shout out another member of the Radiotopia family,

Radio Diaries. For almost 30 years, Radio Diaries has been helping people document their own lives and

histories. Now they're back with a new series called Orson Wells and the Blind Soldier,

about a small-town crime that sparked the desegregation of the U.S. military.

In 1946, a Black World War II veteran named Isaac Woodard was blinded by a white police officer.

Nobody knew who the officer was or where the attack happened.

But when famed director Orson Wells found out about the attack, he pledged to not only broadcast it, but solve it.

On the radio, week by week.

Wash your hands, officer, X, wash them well, scrub and scour.

You won't blot out the blood of a blinded war veteran.

You're going to be uncovered.

We will blast out your name.

And I will find means to remove from you all refuge, Officer X.

You can't get rid of me.

This series is a riveting true crime investigation told by descendants, activists, and the last known witness to the attack.

Listen to Orson Wells and The Blind Soldier out now, wherever you get your podcasts, or at

Radiotopia.fm.

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