An electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggleIn 1925; Detroit was a smoky swirl of jazz and speakeasies; assembly lines and fistfights. The advent of automobiles had brought workers from around the globe to compete for manufacturing jobs; and tensions often flared with the KKK in ascendance and violence rising. Ossian Sweet; a proud Negro doctor-grandson of a slave-had made the long climb from the ghetto to a home of his own in a previously all-white neighborhood. Yet just after his arrival; a mob gathered outside his house; suddenly; shots rang out: Sweet; or one of his defenders; had accidentally killed one of the whites threatening their lives and homes. And so it began-a chain of events that brought America's greatest attorney; Clarence Darrow; into the fray and transformed Sweet into a controversial symbol of equality. Historian Kevin Boyle weaves the police investigation and courtroom drama of Sweet's murder trial into an unforgettable tapestry of narrative history that documents the volatile America of the 1920s and movingly re-creates the Sweet family's journey from slavery through the Great Migration to the middle class. Ossian Sweet's story; so richly and poignantly captured here; is an epic tale of one man trapped by the battles of his era's changing times.
#244349 in Books Hal Gold 2004-04-15 2004-04-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.00 x .80 x 5.25l; .60 #File Name: 0804835659256 pagesUnit 731 Testimony
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. OK here's the factsBy ericThis is a very good report on Unit 731; and it's organization. It details in some length what the experiments; research; activities; testing and developing biologic and chemical warfare weapons conducted by Unit 731 in total disregard of the Hippocratic oath; the lives or rights of other human beings. That's just the first half of the book. the second half reveals some of the testimony made by individuals who worked at unit 731. It is a disturbing story. Perhaps the only things more disturbing are that the Japanese themselves are for the most part ignorant of what happened; and who was responsible; and the fact that the US government covered it up and is still covering it up. I think that the chemical warfare attacks on Chinese civilians; which resulted in hundreds; if not thousands; of deaths were not very well covered. The fact that Unit 731 was responsible for tens of thousands of deaths is not hushed up.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A revealing account of atrocities committed by the Japanese against ...By CustomerA revealing account of atrocities committed by the Japanese against Japanese; Chinese; Koreans; American and British both soldiers and citizens by the top secret Unit731 during pre- WW2 and WW2.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good read on a horrific chapter in world historyBy Mark5150sAfter having seen a brief mention of this unit in a documentary; I wanted to find out more about it. This book was a sobering kick in the stomach; talking about the history of Unit 731 and its ancillary units in surrounding areas; and the testimony of those that lived it. A warning: the book may be unsettling to some. There is graphic discussions about what was done to living test subjects in these horrific places; and matter-of-fact testimony by some workers at these places. The deals and subsequent lack of war crime punishments for these protected criminals did not serve any good to the US or any other government; the cost/benefit ratio for the data that the perpetrators produced is certainly less than the intense suffering that the victims received.It certainly would be good for everyone to learn more about these dark behaviors; to ensure that they do not happen again.
