Arc Of Detroit

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Great Michigan Read: "Arc of Justice" Sweet Trials Reenactment, Saturday, January 14, 2012, 1-5pm. "Arc of Justice" by Kevin Boyle tells the story of African American Dr. Ossian Sweet and the chain of events that occurred after he purchased a home for his family in an all-white Detroit neighborhood in 1925. This event includes a dramatization of the historic Detroit murder trials involving Dr. Ossian Sweet, Clarence Darrow, and Judge Frank Murphy that became an early and significant marker for civil rights efforts, a short literary arts interpretation by InsideOut, and a panel discussion with Q & A regarding historic and contemporary racial equality issues. Schedule of Activities: 1:00-1:15 pm: Welcome & Opening Remarks; 1:15-2:30 pm: "Dr. Sweet's Tinderbox" dramatization;
2:30-2:45 pm: Interpretive reading by students of InsideOut Detroit; 2:45-3:00 pm: Intermission; 3:00-3:45 pm: Panel Discussion featuring Jocelyn Benson, John Conyers Jr., Judge Denise Page Hood, Dr. Irshad Altheimer, and students of the Detroit Urban Debate League; 3:45-4:30 pm: Question and Answer session. Free and open to the public. This event takes place at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, located at 315 E. Warren.
http://www.thewright.org/upcoming-ev...ls-reenactment
http://lookupdetroit.com/blog/2011/12/22/wright-museum/

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Highly recommend Boyle's fine book - engrossing, well-written, great story. Prof. Klug is sharp, great speaker, no doubt this wil be a fine event. M.L.Leibler uses that book in his Detroit class at WSU...