num_pages: 415
description: 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 giant Clarence Darrow and the newly formed National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
language: English
title: Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
titlecomplete: Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
genres: Social Justice, Law, History, Race, American History, African American, Biography, Nonfiction, True Crime, Politics
ratings_count: 2845
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: History, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: National Book Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: The Great Michigan Read, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Adult Nonfiction
publisher: Henry Holt & Col