Norris Murray
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Norris Murray was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case involving racial violence and the defense of a Black family's right to own a home in a white neighborhood.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Norris Murray canonical | 1 |
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
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person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
NAACP
NERFINISHED
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Ossian Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ civil rights movement in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coDefendantOf |
Charles Washington
NERFINISHED
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Gladys Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ James E. Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Mack NERFINISHED ⓘ John Latting NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard Morse NERFINISHED ⓘ Ossian Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ Otis Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ William Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateOfTrial | 1925 ⓘ |
| defendedBy |
Arthur Garfield Hays
NERFINISHED
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Clarence Darrow NERFINISHED ⓘ National Association for the Advancement of Colored People legal team ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American ⓘ |
| eventLocation | Ossian Sweet house, 2905 Garland Avenue, Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | figure in early 20th-century legal challenges to racial housing discrimination ⓘ |
| legalCharge | murder ⓘ |
| legalContext |
defense of a Black family’s right to own a home in a white neighborhood
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housing segregation ⓘ racial violence ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a Black defendant in the Ossian Sweet case
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role in a landmark civil rights trial ⓘ |
| occupation | defendant ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1925 Detroit Sweet case
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Ossian Sweet trials NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweet murder trial ⓘ |
| placeOfTrial | Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
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