The War at Home

Clip: Season 33 Episode 3 | 7m 53s

Booker T. Spicely was a Black soldier fatally shot by a white bus driver in 1944.

04/14/2021

The War at Home

Clip: Season 33 Episode 3 | 7m 53s

Booker T. Spicely was a Black soldier fatally shot by a white bus driver in 1944.

Booker T. Spicely was a Black soldier shot by a bus driver in 1944 for resisting his order to move to the back of the bus in Durham, N.C.

04/14/2021

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