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Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection [LC-USZ62-127671]
Violence Toward Veterans

Many African Americans, with high hopes for social change after so many had served in World War II, did not receive the homecoming that they expected. Pictured is veteran Isaac Woodard, who applied for maximum disability benefits after being beaten and blinded by police.
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