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

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"Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age" is a nonfiction history book by Kevin Boyle that recounts the 1925 Detroit murder trial of Black physician Ossian Sweet, exploring its significance for American race relations and civil rights.

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instanceOf history book ⓘ
nonfiction book ⓘ
author Kevin Boyle ⓘ
awardReceived Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction ⓘ
National Book Award for Nonfiction ⓘ
Simon Wiesenthal Center Tolerance Book Award ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresCharacter Clarence Darrow ⓘ
Gladys Sweet ⓘ
Ossian Sweet ⓘ
featuresOrganization National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ⓘ
linked to: NAACP
focusesOn Black middle-class life in early 20th-century America ⓘ
Northern urban racism ⓘ
criminal justice system and race ⓘ
genre civil rights history ⓘ
history ⓘ
legal history ⓘ
hasFormat audiobook ⓘ
ebook ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
hasISBN 9780805071450 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainEventDescribed 1925 Ossian Sweet murder trial ⓘ
notableFor analysis of Northern racial segregation ⓘ
detailed reconstruction of the Ossian Sweet trial ⓘ
integration of legal history and social history ⓘ
pageCount approximately 400 pages ⓘ
publicationYear 2004 ⓘ
publisher Henry Holt and Company ⓘ
settingLocation Detroit, Michigan ⓘ
linked to: Detroit
shortlistedFor Pulitzer Prize for History ⓘ
subject Detroit ⓘ
NAACP legal strategy ⓘ
Ossian Sweet ⓘ
civil rights in the United States ⓘ
housing segregation ⓘ
race relations in the United States ⓘ
racial violence ⓘ
subtitle A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1920s ⓘ
Jazz Age ⓘ
linked to: The Jazz Age
title Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age ⓘ
usedAs college course text in African American studies ⓘ
college course text in U.S. history ⓘ

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Ossian Sweet → subjectOf → Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age ⓘ
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age → title → Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age ⓘ
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age → subtitle → A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age ⓘ
linked to: Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age