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ISBN 978-0-8050-7933-3 | 3.7/5 Barnes & Noble Publication date 2004 Originally published 2004 Genre History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Entire interview kevin boyle speaks at cooley law school arc of justice
Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age is a 2004 book by historian Kevin Boyle, published by Henry Holt. The book chronicles racism in Detroit during the 1920s Jazz Age through the lens of Ossian Sweet, a grandson of a slave who becomes a doctor and eventually moves from the ghetto to an all-white middle-class neighborhood. When racist whites attack and invade Sweet's home, a white man is killed. Sweet and his family are persecuted by the legal system, leading to the deaths of members of Sweet's family and the destruction of Sweet's career as a physician.
Contents
- Entire interview kevin boyle speaks at cooley law school arc of justice
- Kevin boyle speaks at cooley law school arc of justice part 1
- References
The book won the 2004 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
Kevin boyle speaks at cooley law school arc of justice part 1
References
Arc of Justice Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA