Arc of justice : a saga of race, civil rights, and murder in the Jazz Age / Kevin Boyle.
By: Boyle, Kevin
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TextPublisher: New York : Picador, 2011Edition: Michigan Humanities Council ed. ; 1st Picador ed.General Notes: First published in the United States by Henry Holt and Company, 2004.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-395) and index.Description: 415 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9781250010841 :; 1250010845 :.Subject(s): Sweet, Ossian, 1895-1960 -- Trials, litigation, etc | Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938 | Trials (Murder) -- Michigan -- Detroit | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History -- 20th century | African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century | Detroit (Mich.) -- Race relations | United States -- Race relations| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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First published in the United States by Henry Holt and Company, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-395) and index.
America: 1925 -- Where death waits -- Ain't no slavery no more -- Migration -- Uplift me, pride -- White houses -- The letter of your law -- Freedmen, sons of God, Americans -- The prodigal son -- Prejudice -- Judgment day -- Requiescam.
Follows the 1925 murder trial of African-American doctor Ossian Sweet, who was accused of murdering a white person during a mob attack on his home, and includes a history of the Sweet family and a portrait of his attorney, Clarence Darrow.
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