Arc of Justice
Ossian Sweet and his wife Glady’s moved into an all-white neighborhood in 1925 in Detroit, Michigan. Sweet was a well-established physician and his wife had spent her entire life surrounded by whites. However, nothing prepared them for the mob that was set on driving them from their home and back into Black Bottom. After the fight to defend their home one white man was dead and the other wound up in the hospital and eleven African Americans including Sweet’s wife found themselves in a heap of trouble. Fortunately, thanks to members of the NAACP, Walter White and Clarence Darrow everyone but Henry Sweet had their charges dismissed from the case. This case affected a lot of people and not just those who were apart …show more content…
James Johnson was molded by the education he received from Atlanta University and knew that he would devote his life to helping his fellow black Americans. Johnson eventually moved to New York city where he was apart of the diplomatic corps, worked in education and participated in civil rights activism. Johnson helped Theodore Roosevelt get elected in the 1904 presidential elcection. In return Roosevelt appointed Johnson as U.S consul at Puerto Cabello, Venezula from 1906-1908 and Nicaragua from 1909-1913. James came back to New York from Nicaragua and dived deep into the Harlem Renaissance where he wrote poetry and published poetry. On top of being a voice during the Renaissance, Johnson was highly involved in Civil Rights activism specially to pass the law against lynching. James Johnson was the first black secretary of the NAACP where he helped recruit new members to the group and helped spread the movement throughout the South. The NAACP was constantly trying to help the disenfranchisement of American Americans. James Johnson heard of the Sweet’s trial through the media and knew that it would have a severe impact on the civil rights struggle for African Americans. Johnson along with other members of the NAACP helped the Ossian and the others accused get enough donations and support so that they could defend themselves in trial. Johnson also got Walter White to help the accused by doing a proper investigation of the house where the incident happened along with interviewing the accused. James Johnsons best move during the Sweet’s trial was inviting Clarence Darrow to join the Sweet’s defense team. Clarence Darrow was known for his impeccable abilities as a great defense lawyer. James Johnson not only made a huge impact within in the Sweet’s trial but with civil activism as a whole. James Johnson
Ossian Sweet and his wife Glady’s moved into an all-white neighborhood in 1925 in Detroit, Michigan. Sweet was a well-established physician and his wife had spent her entire life surrounded by whites. However, nothing prepared them for the mob that was set on driving them from their home and back into Black Bottom. After the fight to defend their home one white man was dead and the other wound up in the hospital and eleven African Americans including Sweet’s wife found themselves in a heap of trouble. Fortunately, thanks to members of the NAACP, Walter White and Clarence Darrow everyone but Henry Sweet had their charges dismissed from the case. This case affected a lot of people and not just those who were apart …show more content…
James Johnson was molded by the education he received from Atlanta University and knew that he would devote his life to helping his fellow black Americans. Johnson eventually moved to New York city where he was apart of the diplomatic corps, worked in education and participated in civil rights activism. Johnson helped Theodore Roosevelt get elected in the 1904 presidential elcection. In return Roosevelt appointed Johnson as U.S consul at Puerto Cabello, Venezula from 1906-1908 and Nicaragua from 1909-1913. James came back to New York from Nicaragua and dived deep into the Harlem Renaissance where he wrote poetry and published poetry. On top of being a voice during the Renaissance, Johnson was highly involved in Civil Rights activism specially to pass the law against lynching. James Johnson was the first black secretary of the NAACP where he helped recruit new members to the group and helped spread the movement throughout the South. The NAACP was constantly trying to help the disenfranchisement of American Americans. James Johnson heard of the Sweet’s trial through the media and knew that it would have a severe impact on the civil rights struggle for African Americans. Johnson along with other members of the NAACP helped the Ossian and the others accused get enough donations and support so that they could defend themselves in trial. Johnson also got Walter White to help the accused by doing a proper investigation of the house where the incident happened along with interviewing the accused. James Johnsons best move during the Sweet’s trial was inviting Clarence Darrow to join the Sweet’s defense team. Clarence Darrow was known for his impeccable abilities as a great defense lawyer. James Johnson not only made a huge impact within in the Sweet’s trial but with civil activism as a whole. James Johnson