Places of Their Own
African American Suburbanization in the Twentieth Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11699471 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eugene P Moehring (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 337-339 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American Ethnic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0278-5927 • E-ISSN: 1936-4695 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/27501727 |
| OpenAlex | W4312833063 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Chapter 6 takes the reader back to the police investigation from Chapter 1 and describes the interrogation of the defendants.Chapters 7 to 10 cover the sensa tional Sweet trials (one ending in a hung jury and the other in acquittal) which are the most riveting parts of the book.In these chapters, we come to under stand racial politics in Detroit in 1925, the NAACP's political and legal strate gies in the case, the role of the Talented Tenth and prominent figures such as James Weldon Johnson and Walter White, the role of high-profile defense at torney Clarence Darrow in the case, and the verdicts.A brief epilogue highlights what happened years later to a few of the leading figures of the case including Ossian Sweet
Archaeology · Geography · Political science · Suburbanization · History · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2023 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |