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African Americans Civil rights History 20th century African Americans Civil rights Michigan Detroit History 20th century Audiobooks Darrow, Clarence 1857-1938 Detroit (Mich.) Race relations Evolution (Biology) Study and teaching Law and legislation United States Scopes, John Thomas Trials, litigation, etc Sweet, Ossian 1895-1960 Trials, litigation, etc Trials (Murder) Michigan Detroit United States Race relationsLawrence, Jerome
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1960
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 812.54 LAWBoyle, Kevin
Summary: The grandson of a slave, Dr. Ossian Sweet moved his family to an all-white Detroit neighborhood in 1925. When his neighbors attempted to drive him out, Sweet defended himself--resulting in the death of a white man and a murder trial for Sweet. There followed one of the most important (and shockingly unknown) cases in Civil Rights history. Also caught up in the intense courtroom drama were legal...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 345.73 BOYJarrett, Gregg
Summary: "Nearly a century ago, famed liberal attorney Clarence Darrow defended schoolteacher John Scopes in a blockbuster legal proceeding that brought the attention of the entire country to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee. Darrow's seminal defense of freedom of speech helped form the legal bedrock on which our civil liberties depend today. Expertly researched, eye-opening, and stirring, The Trial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2023