Joe Mack
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Joe Mack was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case challenging racially motivated prosecutions for self-defense against a white mob.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joe Mack canonical | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American defendant
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person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ossian Sweet
NERFINISHED
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Sweet family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chargedWith | murder ⓘ |
| coDefendantOf |
Charles Washington
NERFINISHED
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Gladys Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ James E. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ John Latting NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard Morse NERFINISHED ⓘ Norris Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ Ossian Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ Otis Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ William Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| defendantIn |
1925 Detroit trial involving Ossian Sweet
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Ossian Sweet murder trial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| faced | racially motivated prosecution ⓘ |
| involvedIn | case challenging racially motivated prosecutions for self-defense ⓘ |
| legalDefenseBasedOn | self-defense ⓘ |
| legalRepresentationBy |
Arthur Garfield Hays
NERFINISHED
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Clarence Darrow NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfTrial | Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being an African American defendant in the Ossian Sweet case ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1925 Detroit Sweet case
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Ossian Sweet trials NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantFor |
civil rights history in the United States
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legal challenges to residential segregation ⓘ |
| trialRelatedTo | defense of Ossian Sweet home against white mob ⓘ |
| trialYear | 1925 ⓘ |
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