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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| 1925 Ossian Sweet case canonical | 2 |
| 1925 Ossian Sweet murder trial | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 1925 Ossian Sweet case Context triple: [Charles Washington, participantIn, 1925 Ossian Sweet case]
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Shadrach Minkins case
The Shadrach Minkins case was a landmark 1851 legal and political battle in Boston over the capture and rescue of an escaped enslaved man, which galvanized Northern resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act and intensified sectional tensions before the Civil War.
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Anthony Burns case
The Anthony Burns case was a highly publicized 1854 fugitive slave rendition in Boston that galvanized Northern abolitionist sentiment and intensified national tensions over slavery.
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Ermine Cowles Case
Ermine Cowles Case was an American paleontologist known for his work on Permian and Triassic vertebrate fossils and for helping establish the field of vertebrate paleontology in North America.
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Leopold and Loeb murder trial
The Leopold and Loeb murder trial was a 1924 American criminal case in which famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow argued against the death penalty for two wealthy University of Chicago students who had committed a highly publicized "thrill killing" of a young boy.
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Thaw–White murder case
The Thaw–White murder case was a sensational early 20th-century American scandal in which millionaire Harry K. Thaw fatally shot famed architect Stanford White over White’s relationship with actress Evelyn Nesbit, captivating the public and press with its mix of sex, jealousy, and high society.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 1925 Ossian Sweet case Target entity description: 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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A.
Shadrach Minkins case
The Shadrach Minkins case was a landmark 1851 legal and political battle in Boston over the capture and rescue of an escaped enslaved man, which galvanized Northern resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act and intensified sectional tensions before the Civil War.
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B.
Anthony Burns case
The Anthony Burns case was a highly publicized 1854 fugitive slave rendition in Boston that galvanized Northern abolitionist sentiment and intensified national tensions over slavery.
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C.
Ermine Cowles Case
Ermine Cowles Case was an American paleontologist known for his work on Permian and Triassic vertebrate fossils and for helping establish the field of vertebrate paleontology in North America.
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D.
Leopold and Loeb murder trial
The Leopold and Loeb murder trial was a 1924 American criminal case in which famed defense attorney Clarence Darrow argued against the death penalty for two wealthy University of Chicago students who had committed a highly publicized "thrill killing" of a young boy.
-
E.
Thaw–White murder case
The Thaw–White murder case was a sensational early 20th-century American scandal in which millionaire Harry K. Thaw fatally shot famed architect Stanford White over White’s relationship with actress Evelyn Nesbit, captivating the public and press with its mix of sex, jealousy, and high society.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
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