Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
- ISBN-10
- 0805071458
- ISBN-13
- 9780805071450
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 415
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-09-07
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Kevin Boyle
Description
Follows the 1925 murder trial of African-American doctor Ossian Sweet, who was accused of murdering a white person during a mob attack on his home, and includes a history of the Sweet family and a portrait of his attorney, Clarence Darrow.
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- 2007-04-01
- 432 pages
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- Henry Holt and Company
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