Henry Turner

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Henry Turner was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in a landmark 1925 civil rights case involving the defense of a Black family's home against a white mob in Detroit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American
person
associatedWith Dr. Ossian Sweet NERFINISHED
NAACP-supported legal defense
coDefendantWith Charles Washington NERFINISHED
Frank Turner NERFINISHED
Gladys Sweet NERFINISHED
Henry Sweet NERFINISHED
Joe Mack NERFINISHED
John Latting NERFINISHED
Leonard Morse NERFINISHED
Norris Murray NERFINISHED
Ossian Sweet NERFINISHED
Otis Sweet NERFINISHED
Robert Williamson NERFINISHED
William Davis NERFINISHED
countryOfTrial United States NERFINISHED
defendantIn 1925 Detroit civil rights case involving Ossian Sweet
Ossian Sweet murder trial
ethnicity African American
involvedIn racially motivated mob violence incident in Detroit
self-defense case arising from defense of a Black family home
legalCharge murder
legalContext racial segregation and housing discrimination in Detroit
locationOfTrial Detroit NERFINISHED
notableFor being an African American defendant in a landmark civil rights trial
occupation defendant
participantIn 1925 Ossian Sweet case NERFINISHED
Ossian Sweet trials NERFINISHED
Sweet v. People of the State of Michigan NERFINISHED
partOf group defending Ossian Sweet home from white mob
representedBy Clarence Darrow NERFINISHED
trialYear 1925

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Ossian Sweet trial hasDefendant Henry Turner