John Smith

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John Smith was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and self-defense.

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John Smith canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal defendant ⓘ
person ⓘ
coDefendantWith Carlisle McFall ⓘ
Charles Washington ⓘ
Gladys Sweet ⓘ
Henry Sweet ⓘ
Henry Turner ⓘ
Leonard Morse ⓘ
Norris Murray ⓘ
Ossian Sweet ⓘ
Otis Sweet ⓘ
Otis Wilson ⓘ
William Davis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1925 ⓘ
defendantIn People v. Sweet et al. ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Smith ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
legalCharge murder ⓘ
legalContext self-defense in response to racist mob ⓘ
locationOfEvent Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Detroit
notableFor being one of the African American defendants in the Ossian Sweet trials ⓘ
participantIn 1925 Detroit racial violence case ⓘ
Ossian Sweet case ⓘ
linked to: Ossian Sweet trial

Sweet trials ⓘ
partOf group of African American men defending Sweet home ⓘ
residenceAtTimeOfCase Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Detroit
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Ossian Sweet trial → hasDefendant → John Smith ⓘ