The SWEET Case and Civil Rights Activism in the 1920s Urban North

FAIN: FA-36385-01

Kevin Boyle
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Amherst, MA 01003-9242)

Research and writing of a monograph on the 1925 white mob attack on the home of a black Detroit physician, the subsequent trial with Clarence Darrow for the defense, and related events.

Associated Products

Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age (Book)
Title: Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
Author: Kevin Boyle
Abstract: 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.
Year: 2004
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/arc-of-justice-a-saga-of-race-civil-rights-and-murder-in-the-jazz-age/oclc/54913126&referer=brief_results
Primary URL Description: WorldCat listing
Secondary URL: http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780805079333
Secondary URL Description: Publisher's listing for the paperback; hardcover out of print.
Access Model: Book
Publisher: New York: Henry Holt
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9780805071450

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