Leonard Morse
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Leonard Morse was one of the African American defendants tried alongside Dr. Ossian Sweet in the landmark 1925 Detroit case challenging racially motivated mob violence and housing segregation.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Leonard Morse canonical | 1 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
African American
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criminal defendant ⓘ person ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Great Migration era racial tensions in Northern cities ⓘ |
| chargedWith | murder ⓘ |
| coDefendantOf |
Charles Washington
NERFINISHED
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Henry Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Mack NERFINISHED ⓘ John Latting NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard Curry NERFINISHED ⓘ Norris Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ Ossian Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ Otis Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Otis Sweet NERFINISHED ⓘ William Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| 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 ⓘ |
| hasContext |
housing segregation in Detroit
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racially motivated mob violence ⓘ |
| legalCase |
People v. Henry Sweet et al.
NERFINISHED
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People v. Ossian Sweet et al. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationOfEvent | Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | African American civil rights history ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the African American defendants in the Ossian Sweet case ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1925 Detroit Sweet case
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Ossian Sweet trials NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweet murder trials ⓘ |
| placeOfResidenceAtTimeOfCase | Detroit, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedByOrganization | NAACP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent | trial arising from defense of Ossian Sweet home against white mob ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1925 ⓘ |
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