Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age by Kevin G. Boyle

Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age

Kevin G. Boyle

415 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The grandson of a slave, Dr. Ossian Sweet moved his family to an all-white Detroit neighborhood in 1925. When his neighbors attempted to drive him out, Sweet defended himself--resulting in the death of a white man and a murder trial for Sweet. The...

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