Skip to Main Content
Newsletters
Crossword
SUBSCRIBE
LOG IN
ALL
CS
CHEAT SHEET
NEWSLETTERS
LOG IN
Cheat Sheet
Media
Obsessed
Royals
Politics
Opinion
Innovation
U.S. News
Scouted
My Account
Manage Newsletters
Subscription Offers
Need Help?
LogOut
HOMEPAGE
Books
How Orson Welles Nailed a Redneck Cop for Blinding a Black Man
EXCERPT
Donaldson Collection/GEtty
Isaac Woodard didn't know the name of the town where the police chief beat him and crushed his eyeballs, but in 1946 Welles mounted a radio campaign that found both.
Christopher Dickey
World News Editor
Published
Jan. 5 2019
10:31PM EST
Christopher Dickey
World News Editor
christopher.dickey@thedailybeast.com
Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast
here
.