Alex Baskin interviews, 1959-1960.

Darrow, Clarence S. (Clarence Seward), 1857-1938

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Clarence Seward Darrow, prominent Chicago trial lawyer, was born in Kinsman, Ohio on April 18, 1857. He attended Allegheny College, after which he studied one year at the University of Michigan Law School. He then worked as a lawyer in Youngstown, and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1878. He practiced in Ohio for nine years, before moving to Chicago, where he practiced privately before being appointed assistant corporation counsel for the City of Chicago. For four years he served as Chi...

Rowlette, Cecil L.

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Sweet, Otis.

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Toms, Robert M. (Robert Morrell), 1886-1960

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Toms was born in LaCrosse (Wis.) on Oct. 14, 1886. He earned an A.B. from the University of Chicago 1907 and a L.L.B., from the University of Michigan Law School in 1910. In 1912 he became Assist. Prosecutor, in 1921 Chief Assist. Prosecutor for 4 years, then Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-1929. In 1925 he was the Prosecuting Attorney for the famous Ossian Sweet murder trial in Detroit. He was elected Wayne Circuit Court Judge, in which position he served, 1929-1961. (For further information on Toms...

Sweet, Ossian, 1895-1960

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Dr. Ossian Sweet, an African American physician, gained world attention in 1925 when his family moved into a house at 2905 Garland St., in an all-white neighborhood on Detroit's east side. One day after his move, on the evening of Sept. 9, an angry, white, rock-throwing mob gathered in front of Dr. Sweet's home, shots were fired from the Sweet home, and a white man was killed. Dr. Sweet, his family and friends, were charged with premeditated murder in "The People vs. Ossian Sweet, et al." The Na...

Baskin, Alex

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Professor of history, State University of New York at Stony Brook. From the description of Alex Baskin interviews, 1959-1960. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34420570 ...

Osby, William C.

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Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949

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Mayor of Detroit; Governor of Michigan; Governor General of the Philippine Islands; associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of Frank Murphy papers, 1893-1960 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 369174924 Mayor of Detroit, governor of Michigan; justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the description of Frank Murphy autograph book, 1930-1942. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778857 Detroit (Mich.) Recorder...

Mahoney, Charles H., 1886-1966

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Charles H. Mahoney, Detroit attorney and businessman, was the first African-American to serve as U.S. delegate to the United Nations, having been appointed in 1954 by President Dwight Eisenhower. Born in Decatur, Michigan in 1886 to Barney and Viora Simpson Mahoney, Charles finished his early education at Decatur. He attended Olivet College, distinguishing himself as an orator and an athlete. He later attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn, before entering the University of Michigan Law Sch...

Chawke, Thomas F.

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Dancy, John C. (John Campbell), 1888-1968

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Executive director of the Detroit Urban League. From the description of John C. Dancy papers, 1920-1960. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34423539 John C. Dancy was executive director of the Detroit Urban League, serving from 1918 until his retirement in 1960. Educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and the University of Pennsylvania, Dancy came to Detroit and to the Urban League in 1918. One of his continuing goals as executive director was to find...