Hilmer Gellein papers, 1925-1968.

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Hilmer Gellein papers, 1925-1968.

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Works, interview with Hilmer Gellein, August 21, 1963, Charge of the Court in the Ossian Sweet Trial.

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Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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Detroit Public Library, Detroit Main Library

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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...

Gellein, Hilmer, 1925-1968.

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