Otis Smith
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Otis Smith was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and self-defense.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Otis Smith canonical | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
ⓘ
criminal defendant ⓘ criminal trial ⓘ person ⓘ |
| coDefendantOf |
Charles Washington
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gladys Mitchell Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ John Latting NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard Morse NERFINISHED ⓘ Norris Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ Ossian Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ Otis Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ William Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1925 ⓘ |
| defendantIn | People v. Ossian Sweet et al. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| hasDefendant | Otis Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalRepresentationBy |
Arthur Garfield Hays
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clarence Darrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | involvement in landmark civil rights-era criminal trial ⓘ |
| involvedIn | racially motivated mob attack case ⓘ |
| legalCharge | murder ⓘ |
| legalContext |
racial violence
ⓘ
self-defense ⓘ |
| location | Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfEvent | Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Ossian Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being an African American defendant in the Ossian Sweet self-defense case ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1925 Ossian Sweet case
ⓘ
Ossian Sweet trials NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweet murder trials ⓘ |
| partOf | group of African American men defending Sweet home ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1925 ⓘ |
| residedAtTimeOfCase | Ossian Sweet house on Garland Avenue, Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedByOrganization | NAACP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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