1925 Ossian Sweet case

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The 1925 Ossian Sweet case was a landmark American civil rights trial in which Black physician Ossian Sweet and others were prosecuted for defending his Detroit home against a white mob, spotlighting racial violence and the right to self-defense.

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Charles Washington participantIn 1925 Ossian Sweet case
Henry Turner participantIn 1925 Ossian Sweet case
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age mainEventDescribed 1925 Ossian Sweet murder trial
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